Civil War Earthworks at Tallahatchie Crossing

The Civil War Earthworks at Tallahatchie Crossing is a Civil War earthwork in Marshall County, Mississippi. The earthworks are located on federal land owned by the Army Corps of Engineers and consist of eight parapets used for Union cannons, as well as infantry trenches.^[2]

LocationOff Mississippi Highway 7 north of Abbeville, Mississippi, U.S.

Coordinates34°33′25″N 89°29′16″W

Built1862

NRHPreferenceNo.73001021^[1]

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Civil War Earthworks at Tallahatchie Crossing
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The earthworks in 2018
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Location	Off Mississippi Highway 7 north of Abbeville, Mississippi, U.S.
Coordinates	34°33′25″N 89°29′16″W
Built	1862
NRHP reference No.	73001021[1]
Added to NRHP	August 14, 1973

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The earthwork was built along the north bank of the Little Tallahatchie River in late 1862 by Union forces to defend the Mississippi Central Railroad and their supplies in Holly Springs as they moved south towards Oxford and ultimately Vicksburg.^[1]