A one-acre National Park Service site marking the July 1864 Battle of Tupelo, where Union forces sought to protect critical railroad supply lines. The compact monument is easy to route and serves as a physical stop for a battle whose wider landscape has largely been absorbed by modern Tupelo. Coordinate source: https://www.recreation.gov/gateways/2959
Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.
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Source: nps.gov/tupe/index.htm