Blue Springs Encampments and Fortifications

	Blue Springs Encampments and Fortifications
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	IV Corps at Blue Springs in 1864.
Location	Address Restricted, Cleveland, Tennessee
Area	682 acres (276 ha)
Built	1863
MPS	Civil War Historic and Historic Archeological Resources in Tennessee MPS
NRHP reference No.	99000427
Added to NRHP	April 16, 1999

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.
^ 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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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] Donald L. Hardesty, Barbara J. Little (2009). Assessing Site Significance: A Guide for Archaeologists and Historians. pp. 47, 189.

[3] 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.

[4] "National Register of Historic Places". Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2014.

[5] Bowers, Larry C. (April 16, 2016). "Civil War Trail". Cleveland Daily Banner. Cleveland, Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-12-06.

[6] Hardy, Lucina Welch (March 1962). An Album of Historical Memories: Chatata - Tasso, Bradley County, Tennessee, 1830 -1961. Hardy & Randolph. p. 53.

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