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Confederate Memorial

Lake Providence, Mississippi 

 

Edward Sparrow Chapter

United Daughters of the Confederacy 

 

 

Soldier's Rest

In early 1863, Union Troops commanded by General U.S. Grant dug a canal connecting the Mississippi River and Lake Providence. They camped in an area known as "Soldier's Rest," which provided a temporary home.