Parker's Cross Roads

• New Target Property at Parker's Cross Roads

  The Civil War Trust is currently working to preserve this 52-acre portion of the Parker's Cross Roads battlefield where the majority of the Confederate artillery was placed. The acquisition of this property will bring the total number of acres saved at Parker's Cross Roads to 350.

  Steve McDaniel

• Satellite Image: Target Property at Parker's Cross Roads

  

  Satellite view of the Trust's target property at Parker's Cross Roads. This key 52-acre parcel is at the center of this battlefield where the Civil War Trust has already saved 298 acres of hallowed ground.

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• Success at Parker's Cross Roads

  

  View of an 88-acre portion of the Parker's Cross Roads battlefield already saved by the Civil War Trust. The Trust has already saved 298 acres of this important Tennessee battlefield.

  Steve McDaniel

• Snake Rail Fence

  

  Though both sides claimed victory at Parker's Cross Roads, the escape of Forrest and his cavalry allowed the Confederates to continually harass Federal supply lines in Tennessee and Mississippi during the Vicksburg Campaign

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• Rep. Steve McDaniel at Parker's Cross Roads

  

  Tennessee state Representative Steve McDaniel poses on the Parker's Cross Roads battlefield. McDaniel is an ardent supporter of Civil War battlefield preservation in his home state and was the first president of the Parker's Cross Roads Battlefield Association, where he currently serves as historian.

  Steve McDaniel

• Winter at Parker's Cross Roads

  

  This snowy image shows the Parker's Cross Roads battlefield as it appeared on New Years Eve, 1862 as Nathan Bedford Forrest's horsemen extricated themselves from an almost perfect Federal trap.

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• Contributors

  

  An early donor recognition plaque on the battlefield for Civil War Trust donors who helped save one of the first major portions of the site.

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• Morton's Monument

  

  Monument on the Parker's Cross Roads Battlefield

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• Trail

  

  Visitors to the Parker's Cross Roads battlefield can now walk this interpretive trail to help them understand this key 1862 battle

  Steve McDaniel

• Cavalry Reenactors at Parker's Cross Roads

  

  Living historians portray Nathan Bedford Forrest's horsemen at a reenactment held at the Parker's Cross Roads battlefield

  Steve McDaniel

• Union Reenactors

  

  Federal reenactors march across the Parker's Cross Roads battlefield.

  Steve McDaniel