Last updated: February 17, 2021
Place
Old Trace and Confederate Gravesites, Milepost 269.4
NPS Photo
Quick Facts
Location:
MIlepost 269.4 on the Natchez Trace Parkway, just north of Tupelo, MS.
Significance:
This site protects an original section of the Old Trace and the gravesites of 13 Confederate soldiers.
Amenities
2 listed
Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Scenic View/Photo Spot
During the Civil War, several Confederate soldiers died at this place along the Old Trace. No one is sure how they died, and time erased their names from their original headstones. Who were they? Tradition holds that they were Confederate soldiers who marched and camped along the Old Trace.
A somewhat steep 700' paved walkway will lead you to a short original section of the Old Trace and to the thirteen modern grave markers where you can contemplate what it may have been like for these soldiers when they gave their all.
A somewhat steep 700' paved walkway will lead you to a short original section of the Old Trace and to the thirteen modern grave markers where you can contemplate what it may have been like for these soldiers when they gave their all.