Built 1863 (1863) Opened 1863 Added to NRHP 16 April 1999 | NRHP Reference # 99000427 Area 2.76 km² | |
MPS Civil War Historic and Historic Archeological Resources in Tennessee MPS | ||
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. 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.
The property, which is now forest and farmland, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
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