Tupelo National Battlefield
- Tupelo National Battlefield
Infobox_protected_area | name = Tupelo National Battlefield
iucn_category = V
caption =
locator_x = 183
locator_y = 116
location = Tupelo, Mississippi, USA
nearest_city =
lat_degrees = 34
lat_minutes = 15
lat_seconds = 19
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 88
long_minutes = 44
long_seconds = 14
long_direction = W
area = 1 acre (4,000 m²)
established = February 21, 1929
visitation_num = 614
visitation_year = 1983
governing_body = National Park Service
Tupelo National Battlefield, in Tupelo, Mississippi, commemorates the July 13-14, 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; transferred from the War Department August 10, 1933; redesignated and boundary changed August 10, 1961. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. Administered by the Natchez Trace Parkway.
ee 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
* [http://www.nps.gov/tupe/ National Park Service: Tupelo National Battlefield]
* [http://scenictrace.com/ Natchez Trace Compact]
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