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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XWH_the-dixie-bell-theater-the-march-of-discontent-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
The Dixie Bell Theater The rights of African-Americans during Reconstruction were greatly increased, and passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution and the Civil Rights Acts of 1875 seemed to promis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XWG_tupelo-baptist-church-kind-treatment-for-the-wounded-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
Tupelo Baptist Church As often happened in the middle of Civil War conflict, partisan lines became blurred when the care of wounded soldiers was necessary. A field hospital created by Union troops to treat their soldiers wounded in the engageme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XWF_the-iron-furnace-front-street-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
The Iron Furnace Hundreds of Union prisoners were interned here during the summer of 1862. Treated reasonably and guarded lightly, few tried to escape in anticipation of being exchanged, as was common practice early in the war. They were kept i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XWE_the-tupelo-swamp-plank-road-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
The Tupelo Swamp Military strategists agree that when two forces of equal size oppose one another, the defending force has the advantage. Tupelo's geography emphasized that point during the war. Surrounded north, east and south by creek bottoms…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XWC_the-outhouse-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
This is a replica of an outhouse that was typical in a poor, Southern neighborhood. Oftentimes, a single privy was shared by several residents. The original outhouse located behind the row of rental houses along Saltillo Road was also shared by m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XW6_mayhorn-grocery-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
In 1947, Elvis lived at the North end of Green Street, not far from here. Mayhorn Grocery previously occupied this space, and Elvis would walk to the store and sit on the porch listening to the blues. It was also here that he heard the sounds of b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XW5_lee-county-library-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
At this site on February 13, 1948, 13-year-old Elvis, accompanied by his mother Gladys, applied for his first library card. Through the books he read from the Lee County Library, Elvis would vicariously travel to distant places and learn new thing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XW4_tupelo-hardware-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
In 1946, Elvis' mother, Gladys brought him here to buy a bicycle. Once they arrived, a 22-caliber rifle caught Elvis' eye, and he asked his mother to buy it instead. She wasn't happy about purchasing a gun so they compromised on a guitar. Forest L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XV6_tupelo-campaign-old-town-creek-july-15-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
Although General Smith and the Union troops had defeated the Confederates on July 14, according to Sherman's orders. Smith should have attacked Forrest and Lee in an attempt to destroy the Confederate cavalry. Examining his supplies that eveni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XV4_tupelo-campaign-pontotoc-road-july-13-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
As Union general William T. Sherman started his Atlanta Campaign in the summer of 1864, he wanted to protect his vulnerable supply line by ensuring that Confederate cavalry, including General Nathan Bedford Forrest, did not attack it. In June, an …
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