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| At the Tupelo National Battlefield. The site commemorates the July 14–15, 1864, Battle of Tupelo in which Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest tried to cut the railroad supplying the Union's march on Atlanta. |
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| Website : www.state.ms.us |
 Capital
: Jackson |
 Highest
point : Woodall Mountain, 806 feet |
 Area : 48,434 square miles,
32nd largest state |
 Population : 2,697,243 (2000
census) |
 Motto : Virtute
et armis (By valor and arms) |
 Admitted to Union
: December 10, 1817 |
 State Song
: "Go, Mississippi" |
 State Bird : Mocking Bird |
 State Flower
: Magnolia
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 State Tree : Magnolia |
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