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False River (Louisiana) : ウィキペディア英語版 | False River (Louisiana) False River is an oxbow lake located in southeastern Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana centered at This lake was once the main channel of the Mississippi River in this area. It was cut off from the "mighty Mississippi" in about 1722 when seasonal flooding cut a shorter channel to the east. ==History== Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and his party bypassed False River to shorten their route up-river.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism )〕 During the American Civil War, an expedition was sent from Morganza with five squadrons from the Second New York Cavalry to scout the area around the False River for Confederate recruiting officers. Marching through heavy rainstorms the expedition reached New Roads on January 31, 1865. Here five officers were found hiding in closets or under houses.〔John D. Winters, ''The Civil War in Louisiana'', Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1963, ISBN 0-8071-0834-0, p. 412〕
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