Big Hill Pond Fortification | |
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 Big Hill Pond Fortification is a Civil War earthwork in Big Hill Pond State Park, which is located in McNairy County, Tennessee.
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]