Brices Cross Roads Battlefield
Phone: Visitor Information 662-680-4025
Visitor Information 1-800-305-7417
Located on MS Hwy 370 four miles west of Baldwyn, this one-acre site commemorates a battle which had one objective-- make impossible the threat of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest to interfere with General William T. Sherman's railroad supply line from Nashville to Chattanooga during the Atlanta campaign.
Forrest scored a decisive victory over General S.D. Sturgis' Union forces when they met at Brices Cross Roads on June 10, 1864. The Union lost three men to every Southern casualty and General Forrest's troops managed to capture desperately needed supplies, including guns, ammunition, artillery, and wagons.
The battle was considered a major tactical victory for the Confederacy, but did not diminish the effectiveness of Sherman's campaign as supplies continued to flow. The site contains a brochure dispenser, two artillery pieces, a monument to the battle, and an interpretive wayside.
Directions
Car - The site, 15 miles north of the Parkway main visitor center, is 6 miles (9.6km) west of the city of Baldwyn on US 45 at MS 370.
Public Transportation - Not available.
More info at http://www.nps.gov/brcr
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