| 词条 | Brice's Cross Roads National Battlefield Site |
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| name = Brice's Cross Roads National Battlefield Site | photo = BricesCrossroads2010.jpg | photo_caption = Battle of Brice's Cross Roads Memorial, 2010 | map = Mississippi#USA | map_alt = Location of the site in northeast Mississippi | map_caption = Map of Mississippi | location = Lee County, Mississippi, United States | nearest_city = Baldwyn | coordinates = {{coords|34|30|22.0|N|88|43|44.0|W|region:US-MS_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | area_acre = 1.00 | area_ref = [1] | established = February 21, 1929 | visitation_num = 2,035 | visitation_year = 1983 | governing_body = National Park Service | website = [https://www.nps.gov/brcr/index.htm Brice'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. DescriptionThe 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 {{convert|1,423|acres|km2}} of the original battlefield.[2] Administrative historyThe 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
References1. ^{{NPS area |year=2011 |accessdate=2012-12-26}} 2. ^[https://www.battlefields.org/preserve/saved-land] American Battlefield Trust "Saved Land" webpage. Accessed May 23, 2018. Further reading
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