Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site

Coordinates: 34°30′22.0″N 88°43′44.0″W / 34.506111°N 88.728889°W / 34.506111; -88.728889
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For the military conflict, see Battle of Brice's Cross Roads.

Brice's Cross Roads
National Battlefield Site
Battle of Brice's Cross Roads Memorial, 2010
Location of the site in northeast Mississippi
Location of the site in northeast Mississippi
Map of Mississippi
Location of the site in northeast Mississippi
Location of the site in northeast Mississippi
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site (the United States)
LocationLee County, Mississippi,
United States
Nearest cityBaldwyn
Coordinates34°30′22.0″N 88°43′44.0″W / 34.506111°N 88.728889°W / 34.506111; -88.728889
Area1.00 acre (0.40 ha)[1]
EstablishedFebruary 21, 1929
Visitors2,035 (in 1983)
Governing bodyNational Park Service
WebsiteBrice's Cross Roads NBS

Brice's Cross Roads National Battlefield Site commemorates the Battle of Brice's Crossroads, in which the Confederate army, under Major-General Nathan Bedford Forrest, defeated a much larger Union force on June 10, 1864, to ultimately secure supply lines between Nashville and Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Description

Tupelo area National Park Service map

The Brice's Cross Roads National Battlefield Site, in Lee County, Mississippi, preserves the battlefield at Brice's Cross Roads which extended northward into southwestern Prentiss County. This is the spot where the Brice family house once stood. It is located about 6 miles (10 km) west of Baldwyn, on Highway 370. The site features a memorial erected soon after the battlefield was designated as a historic site 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. Brice's Cross Roads is the only component of the National Park System designated a "battlefield site".

The modern Bethany Presbyterian Church is located 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. The Bethany Cemetery, adjacent to the battlefield 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 the Memphis National Cemetery at Memphis, Tennessee.

The Brice's Crossroads Visitor Center, located in Baldwyn, 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 American Civil War. With assistance from the Civil War Trust (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) and the support of federal, state, and local governments, the commission has purchased for preservation 1,423 acres (5.76 km2) of the original battlefield.[2]

Administrative history

The site was established February 21, 1929, and transferred from the War Department to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933. The battlefield was automatically listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. It is administered under the Natchez Trace Parkway.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2011" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved December 26, 2012. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
  2. ^ [1] American Battlefield Trust "Saved Land" webpage. Accessed May 23, 2018.

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