parkers crossroads battlefield tour
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We missed the visitors center which i would suggest going to. we skipped the end of the walking tour. We didi however manage to find the driving tour. We stopped points 3 and 4 and we walked a few of the others. This is a nice and informative tour even if you missed the visitors center. The area is well kept and is interesting to see. Lots of pamphlets.
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The area surrounding the tour stops have houses and commercial buildings. This is the least impressive battlefield I have toured yet. The visitor center has a very nice video. Not extremely impressive to me. I wish the city better preserved the areas.
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We were traveling from Louisiana back to the east coast and decided to take a different route and ended up at the Parker Crossroads Battlefield. We decided to spend the night at the America Best Value Inn next door to the visitors center. We watched the video at the center and talked to a direct descendent of Mr. Parker. They shared information about the Battlefield and the number of acres of land(300 plus) that was part of the park. We did some of the walking tour. Something I would do again when I had more time to spend there. I love Civil War history.
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Parker's Crossroads which is located along I-40 in west Tennessee is the site of Nathan Bedford Forrest's greatest victory. When caught between two Union forces he have the order to "Charge both ways!" There is a visitor center where the tour starts and a brief film that plays on a continuous loop. Although this is not a large park it is still very interesting.
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The time we went they had tour guide who talk to kids it was wonderful the girl learned a lot and so did i
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This is a self guided tour that was interesting. I would not say it is a great tour, but we enjoyed it. We took our grandson and stopped at each point of interest. It is a free.
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We have stopped before - interesting spot with walking tour, driving tour, geocaching, civil war history spot... But attending the lantern tour was a real treat! Actors are present at the cabin and various other stations along the way to bring "history to life"!
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I gather this was largely a private effort with some public funding. It is on a par with any national battlefield, albeit on a smaller scale. There are excellent interpretive panels, a driving tour and two walking tours. They are in the process of completing an audio CD to accompany the driving tour. The park commemorates an engagement between forces of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and Union forces toward the end of a two week raid by Forrest in Dec., 1862, the purpose of which was to disrupt Grant's supply line and thwart his drive on Vicksburg. In this the raid was hugely successful. Forrest found himself between two Union forces, and legend has it he ordered his men to charge in both directions, which they did. One can take the driving tour in an hour easily. If pressed for time, I suggest the southern walking tour, that is. the one south of I 40. A good weekend would be to combine a visit to Parkers with the nearby Tennessee Natchez Trace State Park.
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We visited the museum which gave a good understanding of the background of the battle. There are plenty of places to pick up a brochure to explain the stops. The signs are a bit small, but once you figure them out they can be found easily enough. Good descriptions on the signs at the stops. The only thing I found unsettling is how the viewpoint was mostly from the Southern point of view as to who was the "hero" of the battle. But it makes you think.
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The Parker's Crossroads battlefield turned out to be a surprisingly good historical site, considering it is a locally maintained Civil War site. There are professionally done interpretive plaques on a well-marked driving tour, several artillery pieces on the fields, and paved walking trails to tour much of the site.Normally on a Civil War battlefield maintained by a small town, or county, the signage, acerage and decorations are at a minimum, simply because of the cost involved. The town of Parker's Crossroads, and Henderson County, have gone the extra step. The best place to start your tour is at the visitor's center, located on Tennessee 22, within sight of the route's I-40 junction. A map and brouchure explaining the battle, and its related sites, is available there. Also inside, a diorama with minitures shows the battle as it occured. I-40 literally cuts the battlefield in half, so it is not in pristine condition. One example is a cannon located near a bank. But if you take both the walking tour and driving tour, you could easily spend a couple of hours there. The site has no admission fee. Parker's Crossroads is worth a stop for anyone interested in Civil War history.