Reviews of Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site (Tourist Attraction)

Bart Stormont

lots of C.S.A. buried there. really cool to check out.

Jessica Benton

Very cool experience! We visited for the Final Stands reenactment on 02/24/2018. Met some really great people and got to experience the past as actors reenacted a Civil War battle! It was very sunny and there is no seating during an event - recommend bringing sunscreen/hat/umbrella and lawn chairs! Food truck was great with a good variety of choices.

William A Powell

Awesome place to learn

Bryan Hughes

Easy to imagine the action happening here!

Mc KitKat

Always a great experience, visiting national parks.

Steve Markos

I am a photographer and writer for National Park Planner and I was a Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site in November 2014. Located west of Baldwyn, Mississippi, the park commemorates the Battle of Brices Cross Roads, which was fought on June 10, 1864, between the armies of Union General Samuel Sturgis and Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Sturgis was tasked with hunting down and destroying Forrest and his cavalry, as they posed a legitimate threat to General William T. Sherman’s supply line that fueled his campaign against Atlanta. Forrest, outnumbered two to one, managed to wage two battles against split Union forces, thus evening the playing field. He first attacked the Union Cavalry, which had been marching three hours ahead of the infantry and artillery. He outnumbered these troops by nearly 1000 men. When the infantry and artillery were notified of the fighting, the were forced to march double-time to provide reinforcement. By the time they reached the crossroads to where the beaten cavalry had already fallen back, they were exhausted. After a series of attacks, Sturgis’s men began a panicked retreat back to Memphis. The Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site is exactly the same as the nearby Tupelo National Battlefield—a one-acre memorial with a monument, a couple of cannon exhibits, and two information panels (though no graves like at Tupelo). In fact, even the monument is the same, with only the wording having been changed. It takes all of ten minutes to visit the park. For those wanting something more do, unlike the battlefield in Tupelo, of which nothing remains due to the city’s expansion, there is plenty of preserved battlefield to explore at Brice’s Crossroads, it’s just that the National Park Service has nothing to do with it. The state of Mississippi, the Civil War Preservation Trust, and the Brice’s Crossroads National Battlefield Commission have all put together some type of battlefield tour, from roadside monuments and information panels to short interpretive trails. There is even a visitor center, Mississippi’s Finals Stands Interpretive Center, where you can get information, see a movie on the battle, and browse through a museum. Though National Park Planner does not normally review non-National Park related activities, we’ve made an exception here, as most people interested enough in the Civil War to have traveled to the battlefield will certainly want to learn and see more than the NPS has to offer. If you plan to visit both the Tupelo and Brices Cross Roads battlefields, which aren’t but a half hour or so drive apart from each other, start at Brices Cross Roads, for not only did this battle come first in the hunt for Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forest, Mississippi’s Final Stands is the only place where you can get information on both battles. As for the name, you will see the battle spelled in a number of ways: Brices Cross Roads, Brice’s Crossroads, Brice’s Cross Roads. The legislation that created the National Park omitted the apostrophe and spelled Cross Roads as two words, so that is how the National Park Service must spell the battlefield name (National Park Planner will use this spelling in most cases). However, Brice’s is obviously a possessive noun, so the use of the apostrophe is undoubtedly correct. The Civil War Preservation Trust uses the spelling “Brice’s Cross Roads,” while the state of Mississippi and the Brice’s Crossroads National Battlefield Commission use “Brice’s Crossroads.” For complete information on the park, visit National Park Planner (npplan).

Paula Hyatt

I had never heard of this until I was Google searching places to see in Tupelo, Mississippi. (Headed back from vacation to Georgia). A quick 15 minutes is all you need to view and read the information about Brices Cross Roads. I've always taken an interest in the Civil War. Make a quick stop here if you have the time. You won't regret it!

Rob W

Very interesting place if you enjoy walking battlefields. Very quiet. Allows one to walk and study the battle. Recommend.

Dean Conner

Historic atmosphere

Kody Lee

Not as informative as other battle fields. It was an interesting place to visit and see.

Michael Clark

Great Battlefield

Dustan Bell

Awesome part great staff

James McMillen

Being a Civil War reenactor with ancestors who fought here, I can say that this is a wonderful place to visit.

Bob Henderson

A great battlefield. Be sure and find the 6 separate tour points. They are all on Google Maps.

Kerry M. Bryson

There isn't much to do, but it is great that the civil war battlefield isn't covered with development. A local group built a museum in nearby Baldwyn and bought associated lands around the park to prevent development.

Martin Pennington

I've been to many battle re-enactments from the War Between the States, but my first was the 120th commemoration of Brice's Crossroads in 1984. Since then I have visited with my children and I look forward to taking my grandchildren there later this year. History must be passed down to the future generations.

Dennis Burns

Nice hiking area.

Lawanda Blanton

Most amazing sunrise...

D Largent

I had a relative who was captured during this battle. The people at the visitor center pointed out to me exactly where his unit was stationed during the battle. If you go during warmer weather, make sure you have Deep Woods Off or something similiar on you. I've never been chewed up by chiggers so bad. Other than that, it was great.

Albert Cook

Thought there would be more for the amount of miles and time to get there.

Brent Ross

It's not well kept, like Shiloh. Also, pretty unclear where exactly everything is. No Rangers or visitors center

Ben Hunter

Recommend this on any Civil War tour stop. Look beyond the NPS patch and learn more from the surrounding area.

Mitchell Floyd

I live near there and it's a great place historical knowledge

Steve Clark

Very nice!

barbara waltrip

Beautiful quiet memorial, very few visitors on Memorial day Sunday 2018. clean, well kept grounds. Well worth a visit to be able to take your time and walk through or drive. parking adjacent to larger streets that run throughout park. the Sunday morning I was there, very few visitors, felt like I had the park all to myself.

Shonda Coleman

Great place to visit.

Barbara Davis Spruill-Pickett

Beautiful. I live 5 miles from it and drive through everyday.

Michelle Hodge

Great place to feel like you could step back in time. Great scenery as well as getting wonderful pictures.

Dennis Wommack

Great Civil War site. Reenactments, living history events and cemetery visits are worth your time to attend.

Diane Weiss

If you like the history of the civil war come out to when they're doing the reenactment of it very interesting .