Tupelo National Battlefield

Tupelo National Battlefield
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Location	Tupelo, Mississippi, United States
Coordinates
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Established	February 21, 1929
Visitors	614 (in 1983)
Governing body	National Park Service

Tupelo, Mississippi: area map of historic sites

Tupelo National Battlefield Monument

Tupelo National Battlefield, in Tupelo, Mississippi, commemorates the July 14–15, 1864, Battle of Tupelo in which Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest tried to cut the railroad supplying the Union's march on Atlanta.

Administrative history

Established as Tupelo National Battlefield Site February 21, 1929, it was then transferred from the War Department on August 10, 1933, and later redesignated and the boundary changed on August 10, 1961. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. Administered by the Natchez Trace Parkway.

See also

• Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield - in same area

References

• The National Parks: Index 2001-2003. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.

External links

• National Park Service: Tupelo National Battlefield
• Natchez Trace Compact