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1819 map by John Melish

General Carroll's Road was a pioneer route through territorial-era lower Mississippi that connected Lake Pontchartrain to the Choctaw Agency, which was located about five miles south of present-day Jackson, Mississippi. The route was named after William Carroll, and followed an existing route between Madisonville, Louisiana and Liberty, Mississippi, but the last 125 miles were "blazed out" as a way to get Carroll's men back from the Battle of New Orleans while avoiding Natchez, Mississippi. Once they reached the Choctaw Agency it was a straight shot back to Nashville.

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References

  1. ^ Casey, Powell A. (1974). "Military Roads in the Florida Parishes of Louisiana". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 15 (3): 229–242. ISSN 0024-6816.