Fort Pemberton (Mississippi)

Fort Pemberton
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Leflore County, Greenwood, Mississippi
Coordinates	33°31′45″N 90°14′07″W / 33.52917°N 90.23528°W / 33.52917; -90.23528
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1863 (1863)
MPS	Fort Pemberton Site
NRHP reference No.	73001020[1]
Added to NRHP	June 19, 1973

Fort Pemberton is a historic artillery battery located at Leflore County, Greenwood, Mississippi. It was built in early 1863 during the Vicksburg Campaign of American Civil War. The fort was located on the route of the Yazoo Pass, near the confluence of the Tallahatchie and Yalobusha Rivers (which merge there to form the Yazoo River). Fort Pemberton was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1973.^[1]