The visitor's center for the Parker's Crossroads
Battlefield.
Battle Summary:
During the early winter, of 1862, US Major General
Ulysses S. Grant
had his army camped in northern Mississippi. After taking Iuka, and
Corinth, earlier in the fall, Grant had set his sights on Vicksburg, and
the opening of the Mississippi River, to the United States. He relied
heavily on the railroads, in western Tennessee, to supply his huge army.
CS Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest's 2,500 man... More>>>>
The visitor's center for the Parker's Crossroads
Battlefield.
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