Staff members at Mississippi Final Stands Interpretive Center and Brice’s Crossroads National Battlefield site join reenactors with the 114th Illinois Infantry Reactivated at a monument dedicated at Brice’s Crossroads battlefield in June. (l-r) Mallie Fitzgerald and Edwina Carpenter hosted the group as they erected the Union regimental monument at the battlefield. They are joined by John Haynes, executive director of the Brice’s Crossroads National Battlefield Commission and members of the reactivated regiment.
Want to learn more?
Come and visit the MS Final Stands Visitors and Interpretive Center – open Monday through Saturday, 9 AM to 4:30 PM – to learn more information about these battlegrounds. Exhibits include a Civil War timeline, a memorial and remembrance wall, an exhibit outlining “Mississippi in the Civil War”, army definitions, and the complete story of Brice’s Crossroads, Tupelo/Harrisburg, and Old Town Creek battlegrounds. The exhibit is housed in 4,000 sq. ft. interpretive center complete with restrooms, bookstore, flag exhibit, video and exhibit area, and a conference room, plus a new state-of-the-art database housed in a kiosk where over 10,000 soldiers who fought here are featured.
