Tupelo National Battlefield
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| Tupelo National Battlefield | |
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| IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) | |
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| Location: | Tupelo, Mississippi, USA |
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| Area: | 1 acre (4,000 m²) |
| Established: | February 21, 1929 |
| Total Visitation: | 614 (in 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Reference
- The National Parks: Index 2001-2003. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.
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