National Battlefields - Mississippi

Tupelo National Battlefield

5/6/1996 In Tupelo stopped at ... Tupelo Battlefield (NPS - the smallest site ever - a field with a monument and a sign).

The park sign

Maureen and pretty much the whole park

5/2/2023 Onwards to our final town for the day, Tupelo. ... A little distance away we arrived at Tupelo National Battlefield. Having been there a long time ago, I had described it to Ken as “a field with a flagpole, monument and cannon”; it has in fact two cannons and even a park sign, but otherwise it’s essentially the same, and not requiring much visitation time.

The park sign

Interpretive signage ...

... about Black soldiers ...

... and the Union victory

Pretty much the whole site

Battle site basics ...

... with general memorial ...

... and Confederate

Ken and a cannon