TUPELO NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD

'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.

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Administrative history

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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.

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