Inner Breastworks
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This second line of breastworks is located between the long line of outer breastworks and the Union fort. Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard ordered the construction of the inner breastworks because the outer breastworks were too long for the availabl
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Fort Pillow
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Federal forces captured this important Confederate work, 18 miles west, in 1862.
General N.B. Forrest's Command Position
General Forrest positioned himself in the area of the Inner Breastworks when he arrived on the morning of April 12, 1864.