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Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site commemorates the Battle of Brice's Crossroads
Battle of Brice's Crossroads

The Battle of Brice's Crossroads was fought on June 10, 1864, near Baldwyn, Mississippi in Lee County, Mississippi, during the American Civil War....
, in which the Confederate army, under Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Lieutenant General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is remembered both as a self made and innovative cavalry leader during the war and as a figure in the postwar establishment of the first Ku Klux Klan organization opposing the Reconstruction era of the United States in the South....
, defeated a much larger Union force on June 10, 1864, to ultimately secure supply lines between Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the Capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis, Tennessee....
 and Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga, "the Scenic City", is the fourth-largest city in Tennessee , and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, in the United States....
.

The site, in extreme northern Lee County
Lee County, Mississippi

Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of 2000, the population was 75,755 . The county seat is Tupelo, Mississippi....
, preserves only one acre of the much larger historic battlefield
Battle of Brice's Crossroads

The Battle of Brice's Crossroads was fought on June 10, 1864, near Baldwyn, Mississippi in Lee County, Mississippi, during the American Civil War....
 (which extended northward into southwestern Prentiss County
Prentiss County, Mississippi

Prentiss County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of 2000, the population was 25,556. Its county seat is Booneville, Mississippi....
).






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Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site commemorates the Battle of Brice's Crossroads
Battle of Brice's Crossroads

The Battle of Brice's Crossroads was fought on June 10, 1864, near Baldwyn, Mississippi in Lee County, Mississippi, during the American Civil War....
, in which the Confederate army, under Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Lieutenant General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is remembered both as a self made and innovative cavalry leader during the war and as a figure in the postwar establishment of the first Ku Klux Klan organization opposing the Reconstruction era of the United States in the South....
, defeated a much larger Union force on June 10, 1864, to ultimately secure supply lines between Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the Capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis, Tennessee....
 and Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga, "the Scenic City", is the fourth-largest city in Tennessee , and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, in the United States....
.

Brices Cross Roads Nbs
The site, in extreme northern Lee County
Lee County, Mississippi

Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of 2000, the population was 75,755 . The county seat is Tupelo, Mississippi....
, preserves only one acre of the much larger historic battlefield
Battle of Brice's Crossroads

The Battle of Brice's Crossroads was fought on June 10, 1864, near Baldwyn, Mississippi in Lee County, Mississippi, during the American Civil War....
 (which extended northward into southwestern Prentiss County
Prentiss County, Mississippi

Prentiss County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of 2000, the population was 25,556. Its county seat is Booneville, Mississippi....
). This is the spot where the Brice family house once stood. It is located about 6 miles (10 km) west of Baldwyn, Mississippi
Baldwyn, Mississippi

Baldwyn is a city in Lee County, Mississippi and Prentiss County, Mississippi Counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Baldwyn is located on Highway 370, due north of the much larger city of Tupelo, Mississippi....
, on Mississippi Highway 370. The site features a memorial erected soon after the site's establishment in 1929. In addition, on June 11, 2005, a second memorial was dedicated to Confederate Capt. John W. Morton, Chief of Artillery, and his battery. Brices Cross Roads is the only National Battlefield Site in the United States National Park System
List of areas in the National Park System of the United States

The National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service....
.

The modern Bethany Presbyterian Church sits on the southeast side of the crossroads. At the time of the battle this congregation's meeting house was located further south along the Baldwyn Road. However, the Bethany Cemetery adjacent to the Park Service site predates the Civil War. Many of the area's earliest settlers are buried here. The graves of more than 90 Confederate soldiers killed in the battle are also located in this cemetery. Union dead from the battle were buried in common graves on the battlefield, but were later reinterred in Memphis National Cemetery
Memphis National Cemetery

Memphis National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the Nutbush, Memphis neighborhood of the City of Memphis, Tennessee, in Shelby County, Tennessee, Tennessee....
 at Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River ....
.

The Brice's Crossroads Visitor Center
Visitor center

A visitor center or centre , visitor information center, tourist information center or tourist information, may be:* A visitor center at a specific attraction or place of interest, such as a landmark, national park, U.S....
 is located Baldwyn. It is owned and operated by a public commission. Brice's Crossroads National Battlefield Commission, Inc., formed in 1994 by concerned local citizens, is also involved in protecting the greater battlefield, which is considered one of the most beautiful preserved battlefields of the Civil War. With assistance from the Civil War Preservation Trust
Civil War Preservation Trust

The Civil War Preservation Trust is a charitable organization whose primary focus is in the preservation of American Civil War battlefields. The Civil War Preservation Trust also promotes educational programs and heritage tourism initiatives to inform the public of the war's history and the fundamental conflicts that sparked it....
 (formerly the APCWS and the Civil War Trust), and the support of federal, state, and local governments, the commission has purchased for preservation over of the original battlefield.

Administrative history

The site was established February 21, 1929 and transferred from the War Department
United States Department of War

The United States Department of War, sometimes also called the War Office, was the department of the United States Federal government of the United States's Federal government of the United States#Executive branch responsible for the operation and maintenance of land Military of the United States from 1789 until September 18, 1947,...
 to the National Park Service
National Park Service

The National Park Service is the List of United States federal agencies that manages all List of areas in the United States National Park System, many U.S....
 on August 10, 1933. The battlefield was automatically listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
 on October 15, 1966. It is administered under the Natchez Trace Parkway
Natchez Trace Parkway

The Natchez Trace Parkway is a 444 mile long parkway, in the form of a Limited-access road Two-lane freeway, in the southeastern United States....
.

See also

  • Tupelo National Battlefield
    Tupelo National Battlefield

    Tupelo National Battlefield, in Tupelo, Mississippi, commemorates the July 13-14, 1864, Battle of Tupelo in which Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest tried to cut the railroad supplying the Union's march on Atlanta....
     - in nearby area.


External links

  • Official NPS website: