Blue Springs Encampments and Fortifications explained
| Blue Springs Encampments and Fortifications |
| Location: | Address Restricted, Cleveland, Tennessee |
| Added: | April 16, 1999 |
| Refnum: | 99000427 |
Blue Springs Encampments and Fortifications is the site of a Civil War military encampment in Bradley County, Tennessee. Union Army forces commanded by General William Tecumseh Sherman camped at this location between October 1863 and April 1865.[1] Entrenchments built on the crests of ridges overlooking the camps are still visible on the site. Stone reinforcements are present in some sections of the entrenchments.[2]
The property, which is now forest and farmland, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[3] A Civil War Trails Program marker was placed near the site in 2016.[4]
In Bradley County, Union troops led by Sherman also camped near Tasso on multiple occasions in 1863.[5]
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Notes and References
- Book: Assessing Site Significance: A Guide for Archaeologists and Historians . Donald L. Hardesty, Barbara J. Little . 2009 . 47, 189. 9780759113282 .
- Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64500620}} National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Historic and Historic Archeological Resources in Tennessee MPS ]. Philip . Thomason . Doug . Cubbison . 1997 . National Park Service.
- Web site: National Register of Historic Places . Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce . January 24, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131215064356/http://www.visitclevelandtn.com/www/docs/1212 . December 15, 2013 .
- News: Bowers. Larry C.. April 16, 2016. Civil War Trail. Cleveland Daily Banner. Cleveland, Tennessee. 2019-12-06.
- Book: Hardy, Lucina Welch. March 1962. An Album of Historical Memories: Chatata - Tasso, Bradley County, Tennessee, 1830 -1961. Hardy & Randolph. 53.
