Last updated: September 18, 2024
Place
Tour Stop #6 - Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Monument
NPS
Quick Facts
Location:
260 Bethany Rd, Guntown, MS 38849
Significance:
Tour Stop #6 - Monument commemorating the Battle of Brices Cross Roads
Designation:
National Battlefield Site
Amenities
4 listed
Cellular Signal, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Information - Maps Available, Parking - Auto
This granite monument was placed here in the 1930s. The National Battlefield was established and originally managed by the War Department starting in 1929. The monument commemorates the men who fought at the Battle of Brice's Crossroads, also known as the Battle of Tishomingo Creek.
The monument inscription is as follows:
IN MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF THE
CONFEDERATE
AND THE
FEDERAL ARMIES
WHO TOOK PART IN THE
BATTLE OF
BRICE’S CROSS ROADS
OR TISHIMINGO CREEK
JUNE 10,1864
WHICH RESULTED IN
A VICTORY FOR THE
CONFEDERATE FORCES
UNDER BRIGADIER
GENERAL N.B. FORREST
The Brice's Crossroads Battlefield main battlefield site is managed by the Mississippi Final Stands Visitor and Interpretative Center in Baldwyn, Mississippi.
The monument inscription is as follows:
IN MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF THE
CONFEDERATE
AND THE
FEDERAL ARMIES
WHO TOOK PART IN THE
BATTLE OF
BRICE’S CROSS ROADS
OR TISHIMINGO CREEK
JUNE 10,1864
WHICH RESULTED IN
A VICTORY FOR THE
CONFEDERATE FORCES
UNDER BRIGADIER
GENERAL N.B. FORREST
The Brice's Crossroads Battlefield main battlefield site is managed by the Mississippi Final Stands Visitor and Interpretative Center in Baldwyn, Mississippi.