Tupelo National Battlefield
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Contact Information:
Tupelo National Battlefield
c/o Natchez Trace Parkway
2680 Natchez Trace Parkway
Tupelo, MS 38804
662-680-4025
http://www.nps.gov/tupe/
Size: 1 acre
Location: Tupelo National Battlefield is located within the city limits of Tupelo, Mississippi, between US 45 and the Natchez Trace Parkway.
Description: Here, on July 13-14, 1864, Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest tried to cut the railroad supplying the Union's March on Atlanta.
Activities: Visitors can view cannons, a monument, and an interpretive wayside.History: Established as a national battlefield site on February 21, 1929; transferred from the War Department on August 10, 1933; changed to national battlefield on August 10, 1961.
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