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Brices Cross Roads Site (pictures)
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Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site pictures
Baldwyn, MS
Located on MS Hwy 370 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 five men to every Southern casualty and General Forrest's troops managed to capture desperately needed supplies, including guns, ammunition, cannon, 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 cannons, a monument to the battle, and an interpretive wayside.
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