To our Confederate Dead -- Tupelo National Battlefield, Tupelo MS
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N 34° 15.350 W 088° 44.240
16S E 340034 N 3791887
The short grey granite memorial for the Confederate dead at the Battle of Tupelo at Tupelo National Battlefield, near downtown Tupelo MS
Waymark Code: WMWZZT
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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This grey granite block memorial was installed at the Tupelo National Battlefield in 1918. It is a relic of the "Lost Cause" movement that sought to recast the US Civil War from a war fought to preserve white supremacy and slavery into a noble and just fight for Southern civil rights.

The memorial reads as follows:

"TO OUR
CONFEDERATE DEAD
THAT GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN BATTLE
HERE ON JULY 14, 1865
FOR THEIR RIGHTS.

ERECTED 1918"
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1918

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: United Daughters of the Confederacy

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate

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