The Vicksburg Engineer District celebrated the completion of the Ouachita River Levee Crown Gravel Resurfacing Project on November 20 in Columbia, La., near the Riverton Recreation Area. The effort included… Read More
Christopher Klein
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… Read More
After an extended dredging season prolonged by extreme low-water conditions in the fall and extending into the winter, dredging crews in the Memphis, Vicksburg and St. Louis engineer districts have… Read More
The Vicksburg Engineer District’s Dredge Jadwin and its crew returned to the Vicksburg Harbor January 19, completing the 2022 dredging season. After departing May 10, 2022, the dustpan dredge spent… Read More
The Vicksburg Engineer District held a ship-out ceremony at the Vicksburg Harbor on July 18 to commemorate the deployment of the Mat Sinking Unit for its annual season of revetment. Read More
Col. Robert Hilliard transferred command of the Vicksburg Engineer District to Col. Christopher Klein in a formal change of command ceremony June 15 at district headquarters in Vicksburg, Miss. Klein… Read More
