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Vicksburg Engineer District Marks 150 Years Of Service
| 题名： | Vicksburg Engineer District Marks 150 Years Of Service |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | FRANK MCCORMACK |
| 摘要： | On August 18, 1873, Capt. William Henry Harrison Benyaurd, an 1863 graduate of West Point and a decorated Union Army veteran of the Civil War, opened an office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Monroe, La., marking what's considered the founding of the Corps' Vicksburg Engineer District. The new office was primarily focused on surveying and clearing wrecks and other hazards from the Yazoo River in Mississippi and the Ouachita River in north Louisiana. By 1884, Capt. Eric Bergland opened the first permanent Corps of Engineers office in Vicksburg, Miss. Over the years, the Vicksburg Engineer District has fallen within several different Corps divisions, and with various missions. Following the Great Flood of 1927 and the Flood Control Act of 1928, the Vicksburg District took a leading role in developing a flood control program for the Mississippi River Valley. |
| 出版年： | 2023 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 137 |
| 期： | 25 |
| 页码： | 30,32-33,36 |
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