Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
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Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site memorializes the Battle of Brice's Cross Roads, in which a U.S. Army force was defeated by a smaller Confederate force commanded by Major-General Nathan Bedford Forrest on June 10, 1864, but nonetheless secured Union supply lines between Nashville and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site | |
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Location | Lee County, Mississippi, United States |
Nearest city | Baldwyn |
Coordinates | 34°30′22.0″N 88°43′44.0″W |
Area | 1.00 acre (0.40 ha)[1] |
Established | February 21, 1929 |
Visitors | 2,035 (in 1983) |
Governing body | National Park Service |
Website | Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site |
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The 1-acre site is a grassy park with a flagpole, a memorial monument, and two cannons. There are no visitor services; information is provided at the visitor center for the Natchez Trace Parkway 15 miles south. The monument and site are very similar to that at Tupelo National Battlefield.