Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site

Brices Cross Roads
National Battlefield Site
Battle of Brices Cross Roads Memorial in 2010
Location of the site in northeast Mississippi
Location of the site in northeast Mississippi
Location in Mississippi
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
WebsiteBrices Cross Roads
National Battlefield Site

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.

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.

  1. ^ "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2020" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved August 15, 2021. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)