Tupelo Battlefield

DATE

JULY 14-15 1864

LOCATION

NEAR TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI

RESULT

UNION VICTORY

NAME OF BATTLEFIELD

BATTLE OF TUPELO

BELLIGERENTS

(UNITED STATES) UNION

CONFEDERATE

COMMANDERS

ANDREW SMITH

STEPHEN LEE

  • NATHAN FORREST

UNITS INVOLVED

RIGHT WING, XVI ARMY CORPS

FORREST’S CAVALRY CORPS

STRENGTH

13,000 infantry
3,000 cavalry
24 guns

2,100 infantry
7,000 cavalry
20 guns

CAUSALITIES & LOSSES

69 dead and 533 wounded or missing

215 dead and 1,125 wounded or missing

TUPELO NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD

ENTRANCE MARKER

TUPELO MISSISSIPPI

TUPELO BATTLEFIELD

BATTLE OF TUPELO INFO

TUPELO MISSISSIPPI

TUPELO NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD

THE WESTERN CAMPAIGN INFO

TUPELO MISSISSIPPI

TUPELO NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD

TUPELO MISSISSIPPI

TUPELO NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD

MONUMENT

TUPELO MISSISSIPPI

TUPELO NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD

MONUMENT

TUPELO MISSISSIPPI

 

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