Tupelo National Battlefield
Battle of Tupelo Memorial, 2006
Location	Tupelo, Mississippi, United States
Coordinates	34°15′20.4″N88°44′13.2″W / 34.255667°N 88.737000°W /34.255667; -88.737000
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)[1]
Established	February 21, 1929 (1929-02-21) (War Dept.) August 10, 1933 (NPS)[2]
Governing body	National Park Service
Website	Tupelo National Battlefield
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Designated	October 15, 1966 (1966-10-15)
Reference no.	66000068
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Tupelo National Battlefield commemorates theBattle of Tupelo, also known as the Battle of Harrisburg, fought from July 14 to 15, 1864, nearTupelo, Mississippi during theAmerican Civil War. TheUnion victory overConfederate forces in northeastMississippi ensured the safety ofSherman's supply lines during theAtlanta Campaign.^[3]

The 1-acre site on Main Street in Tupelo is a grassy park with a flagpole, memorial monument, and two cannons. There are no visitor services; information is provided at the visitor center for theNatchez Trace Parkway six miles north. The monument and site are very similar to that atBrices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site.

The Tupelo National Battlefield was established as "Tupelo Battlefield Site" on February 21, 1929. The site was transferred from theUnited States War Department to theNational Park Service on August 10, 1933, redesignated, and boundary changed on August 10, 1961. In 1936, theTupelo-Gainesville Tornado destroyed the concrete monument to the battle, ripping it out of the ground and shattering it.^[4] The site was listed in theNational Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.

• Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield
• Natchez Trace Parkway
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lee County, Mississippi

• Bearss, Edwin C. (1971).Protecting Sherman's Lifeline: The Battles of Brices Cross Roads and Tupelo 1864. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Government Printing Office – viaInternet Archive.
• National Park Service (2001).The National Parks: Index 2001–2003. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Government Printing Office – viaInternet Archive.

Government

• Official website

General information

• Tupelo National Battlefield at theAmerican Battlefield Protection Program
• Tupelo National Battlefield at theCivil War Trust
• Tupelo National Battlefield at theNational Park Foundation

• Tupelo National Battlefield
• 1929 establishments in Mississippi
• American Civil War on the National Register of Historic Places
• Battlefields of the Western Theater of the American Civil War
• Conflict sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
• Natchez Trace
• National battlefields and military parks of the United States
• National Park Service areas in Mississippi
• National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, Mississippi
• Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
• Protected areas established in 1929
• Protected areas of Tupelo, Mississippi

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