Last updated: May 11, 2021
Place
Tour Stop #5 - Federal's Second Battle Line at the Battle of Brices Cross Roads
NPS Photo
Quick Facts
Location:
Mississippi Hwy 370, west of Baldwyn, MS
Significance:
Tour Stop #5 at Brices Cross Roads
Designation:
National Battlefield Site
MANAGED BY:
Amenities
3 listed
Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Parking - Auto, Wheelchair Accessible
Federal's Second Battle Line
General Sturgis was able to use his infantry here for the first time in the battle. General Forest had beaten back the Federal cavalry before the Federal infantry reached the battlefield. Infantry and cavalry formed this second battle line.
Infantry units engaged in this line:
95th Ohio (See 1st LT Oscar Kelvin for additional information).
113th Illinois
120th Missouri
109th Illinois
35th Illinois
81st Illinois
114th Illinois (See 114th Illinois Monument for additional information).
93rd Indiana
9th Minnesota
Cavalry units engaged in this line:
General Sturgis' personal escort
3rd Iowa Battalion
4th Iowa
19th Pennsylvania blocking the Baldwyn Road.
The Brice's Crossroads Battlefield main battlefield site is managed by the Mississippi Final Stands ond Interpretative Center in Baldwyn, Mississippi.
General Sturgis was able to use his infantry here for the first time in the battle. General Forest had beaten back the Federal cavalry before the Federal infantry reached the battlefield. Infantry and cavalry formed this second battle line.
Infantry units engaged in this line:
95th Ohio (See 1st LT Oscar Kelvin for additional information).
113th Illinois
120th Missouri
109th Illinois
35th Illinois
81st Illinois
114th Illinois (See 114th Illinois Monument for additional information).
93rd Indiana
9th Minnesota
Cavalry units engaged in this line:
General Sturgis' personal escort
3rd Iowa Battalion
4th Iowa
19th Pennsylvania blocking the Baldwyn Road.
The Brice's Crossroads Battlefield main battlefield site is managed by the Mississippi Final Stands ond Interpretative Center in Baldwyn, Mississippi.