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Tupelo National Battlefield, in Tupelo, Mississippi
Tupelo, Mississippi

Tupelo is the largest city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States. It is the eighth largest city in the state of Mississippi, smaller than Meridian, Mississippi, and larger than Olive Branch, Mississippi....
, commemorates the July 13-14, 1864, Battle of Tupelo
Battle of Tupelo

The Battle of Tupelo was a Union victory over Confederate forces in northern Mississippi which ensured the safety of General William T. Sherman's supply lines....
 in which Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Lieutenant General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is remembered both as a self made and innovative cavalry leader during the war and as a figure in the postwar establishment of the first Ku Klux Klan organization opposing the Reconstruction era of the United States in the South....
 tried to cut the railroad supplying the Union's march on Atlanta.

blished as Tupelo National Battlefield Site February 21, 1929; transferred from the War Department
United States Department of War

The United States Department of War, sometimes also called the War Office, was the department of the United States Federal government of the United States's Federal government of the United States#Executive branch responsible for the operation and maintenance of land Military of the United States from 1789 until September 18, 1947,...
 August 10, 1933; redesignated and boundary changed August 10, 1961. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
 on October 15, 1966.






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Tupelo National Battlefield, in Tupelo, Mississippi
Tupelo, Mississippi

Tupelo is the largest city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States. It is the eighth largest city in the state of Mississippi, smaller than Meridian, Mississippi, and larger than Olive Branch, Mississippi....
, commemorates the July 13-14, 1864, Battle of Tupelo
Battle of Tupelo

The Battle of Tupelo was a Union victory over Confederate forces in northern Mississippi which ensured the safety of General William T. Sherman's supply lines....
 in which Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Lieutenant General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is remembered both as a self made and innovative cavalry leader during the war and as a figure in the postwar establishment of the first Ku Klux Klan organization opposing the Reconstruction era of the United States in the South....
 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
United States Department of War

The United States Department of War, sometimes also called the War Office, was the department of the United States Federal government of the United States's Federal government of the United States#Executive branch responsible for the operation and maintenance of land Military of the United States from 1789 until September 18, 1947,...
 August 10, 1933; redesignated and boundary changed August 10, 1961. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
 on October 15, 1966. Administered by the Natchez Trace Parkway
Natchez Trace Parkway

The Natchez Trace Parkway is a 444 mile long parkway, in the form of a Limited-access road Two-lane freeway, in the southeastern United States....
.

See also

  • Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield - in same area


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