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.[2] 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.[3]
The property, which is now forest and farmland, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[4] A Civil War Trails Program marker was placed near the site in 2016.[5]
In Bradley County, Union troops led by Sherman also camped near Tasso on multiple occasions in 1863.[6]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Donald L. Hardesty, Barbara J. Little (2009). Assessing Site Significance: A Guide for Archaeologists and Historians. pp. 47, 189. ISBN 9780759113282.
- ^ Thomason, Philip; Cubbison, Doug (1997). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Historic and Historic Archeological Resources in Tennessee MPS". National Park Service.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places". Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
- ^ Bowers, Larry C. (April 16, 2016). "Civil War Trail". Cleveland Daily Banner. Cleveland, Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- ^ Hardy, Lucina Welch (March 1962). An Album of Historical Memories: Chatata - Tasso, Bradley County, Tennessee, 1830 -1961. Hardy & Randolph. p. 53.
External links
- Blue Springs Fortifications, Southeast Tennessee Tourism Association
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