Big Hill Pond Fortification Explained

Big Hill Pond Fortification
Nearest City:Pocahontas, Tennessee
Added:September 29, 1998
Refnum:98001182

The Big Hill Pond Fortification is a Civil War earthwork in Big Hill Pond State Park, which is located in McNairy County, Tennessee.

The earthwork was built atop a ridge by the Union Army in late 1862, after the Battle of Davis Bridge. It was built to guard the nearby Memphis and Charleston Railroad line.[1] [2] It is considered an archaeological site and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Big Hill Pond State Park . Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture . Caroll Van . West.
  2. Book: 188 . Assessing Site Significance: A Guide for Archaeologists and Historians . 2000 . Hardesty . Donald L.. Little . Barbara . Altamira Press.