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

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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.

Reference

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• The National Parks: Index 2001-2003. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.

External links

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• National Park Service: Tupelo National Battlefield

1929 establishments | American Civil War battlefields | Lee County, Mississippi | National Battlefields and Military Parks of the United States | Registered Historic Places in Mississippi