Outer Breastworks
Fort Pillow, 1861
The Confederates constructed this fortification, 3 ½ miles in length, with ends terminating at the river bluff, as protection against an attack by land. The Outer Breastworks were designed by General Leonidas Polk and built by Captain Montgomery Lynch and Captain D. Wintter between August and early December, 1861. All trees were chopped down for a half mile outside the fort; these fallen trees were not removed however.
Marker is on Park Road (State Highway 207), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
