Driving Tour Of The Battle Of Brices Cross Roads

This driving tour will take you through ten stops related to the Battle of Brices Cross Roads. Federal Army Major General William T. Sherman ordered Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis and a force of 8,100 to move out of Memphis and threaten north Mississippi in hopes of drawing Confederate General Nathan B. Forrest away from Sherman’s much needed railroad in Tennessee. The soldiers of Sturgis and Forrest met at Brices Cross Roads June 10, 1864.