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(3-97) Black Bayou approximately 1¼ mi. west of Deer Creek. MS SH-1 approximately ¼ mile west of the Sharkey County line. South view

    

(3-97) Junction of Black Bayou and Deer Creek. Mississippi SH-1 ¾ mile west of US-61. Deer Creek (left) makes a horseshoe bend at the junction. Hill's Plantation was located here. Southeast view. Site Marker: Union gunboats under Admiral David Porter reached this site on March 16, 1863, in Steele's Bayou Expedition. General Sherman camped here, then moved north to protect boats from the Confederate forces
  
Hill's Plantation (March 2002)
 
Junction of Deer Creek and Black Bayou Panorama

       

(3-97) Deer Creek. Mississippi SH-1 ¾ mile west of US-61. North view a few yards above junction with Black Bayou

(3-97) Junction of Deer Creek & Rolling Fork Cutoff. SH-14 west of US-61, Rolling Fork, MS
 
Junction of Deer Creek and Rolling Fork Panorama

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