The tupelo or Ogechee lime are large American trees of the genusNyssa, family Cornaceae, found growing in swamps and on river banks in the southern USA. In autumn the leaves turn a brilliant deep red colour. They bear small flowers followed by rectangular red-coloured drupes. Research Tupelo
Elvis Presley was an American rock and roll singer and actor. He was born in 1935 at Tupelo, Mississippi and died in 1977 of cardiac arrhythmia. Best known, and revered as a singer, he also acted in the starring role in over thirty films starting with the 1956 'Love Me Tender' and finishing with the 1969 'Change of Habit'. Research Elvis Presley
The Battle of Brices Cross Roads was fought during the American Civil War and ended in a notable Confederate victory. The engagement took place in north-eastern Mississippi near Tupelo. On June the 10th, 1864, forces of the Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest engaged in battle with numerically superior Union troops under General Samuel Davis Sturgis, routing the enemy and capturing their artillery, supplies, and 1500 of their men. Although the battle was not decisive in relieving the beleaguered Confederacy, it is considered a brilliant tactical triumph for Forrest. Research Battle of Brices Cross Roads
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