The Big Hill Pond Fortification is a Civil War earthwork in Big Hill Pond State Park, which is located in McNairy County, Tennessee.
Big Hill Pond Fortification | |
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| Nearest city | Pocahontas, Tennessee |
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| Area | 12 acres (4.9 ha) |
| Built | 1862 |
| MPS | Archeological Resources of the American Civil War in Tennessee MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001182[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 29, 1998 |
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.[2][3] It is considered an archaeological site and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ West, Caroll Van. "Big Hill Pond State Park". Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture.
- ^ Hardesty, Donald L.; Little, Barbara (2000). Assessing Site Significance: A Guide for Archaeologists and Historians. Altamira Press. p. 188.