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The Civil War Earthworks at Tallahatchie Crossing is a Civil War earthwork in
Marshall County, Mississippi Marshall County is a county located on the north central border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,144. Its county seat is Holly Springs. The county is named for Chief Justice of the United States ...
. The earthworks are located on federal land owned by the Army Corps of Engineers and consist of eight
parapet A parapet is a barrier that is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/breast'). ...
s used for Union cannons, as well as infantry trenches. The earthwork was built along the north bank of the Little Tallahatchie River in late 1862 by Union forces to defend the
Mississippi Central Railroad Mississippi Central Railroad (reporting mark MSCI) is a short line railroad operating over 51 miles from Oxford, Mississippi, to Grand Junction, Tennessee, owned by Pioneer Railcorp. The railroad's principal commodities are wood products and ...
and their supplies in Holly Springs as they moved south towards
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and ultimately
Vicksburg Vicksburg most commonly refers to: * Vicksburg, Mississippi, a city in western Mississippi, United States * The Vicksburg Campaign, an American Civil War campaign * The Siege of Vicksburg, an American Civil War battle Vicksburg is also the name of ...
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Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi Military installations established in 1862 National Register of Historic Places in Marshall County, Mississippi Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi American Civil War on the National Register of Historic Places {{Mississippi-NRHP-stub