Quiver River is a river in

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. The source of Quiver River is the Upper Quiver River and Lower Quiver River, located northwest of

Sumner, Mississippi Sumner is a town in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. The population was 407 at the 2000 census. Sumner is one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County. It is located on the west side of the county and the Tallahatchie River, which runs th ...

. Quiver River flows south, passing through

Tallahatchie County Tallahatchie County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,715. Its county seats are Charleston and Sumner. Tallahatchie County is located within the Mississippi Delta. The county is divided ...

Leflore County Leflore County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,339. The county seat is Greenwood. The county is named for Choctaw leader Greenwood LeFlore, who signed a treaty to cede his pe ...

, and

Sunflower County Sunflower County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,971. Its largest city and county seat is Indianola. Sunflower County comprises the Indianola, MS Micropolitan Statistical Ar ...

, before flowing into the

Sunflower River The Sunflower River (also known as the Big Sunflower River) is one of the main tributaries of the Yazoo River in the U.S. state of Mississippi. . The Sunflower follows an old channel of the Mississippi River as it winds between farms, neighborhoods ...

northwest of

Moorhead, Mississippi Moorhead is a city in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,405. This dropped in 2022 and the population recorded was 1,512. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the cit ...

. During the

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, the Confederate vessel ''Emma Bett'' was captured on May 30, 1863 and set afire on the Quiver River near the Sunflower River. The Confederate steamer "Dewdrop" was also sunk in the Quiver River north of Moorhead, MS. Her owner, Sherman Parisot, set her ablaze when the Union troops were with 60 yards of capturing her.

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Rivers of Mississippi Bodies of water of Sunflower County, Mississippi {{Mississippi-river-stub

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