Iuka in Tishomingo County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Battle of Iuka
Photographed by Karl Stelly, May 5, 2011
1. Battle of Iuka Marker
Erected by Mississippi Historical Commission.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical date for this entry is September 19, 1873.
Location. 34° 47.758′ N, 88° 12.5′ W. Marker is in Iuka, Mississippi, in Tishomingo County. It is on Veterans Memorial Drive (State Highway 25), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Iuka MS 38852, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in andspecifically ast Mississippi in the North Mississippi Hills. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Brig. Gen. Henry Little (approx. half a mile away); Patriot William Gray (approx. 0.7 miles away); Iuka Normal (approx. 1.2 miles away); "Twin Magnolias" (approx. 1.4 miles away); Joseph Henry Holley Log House (approx. 1.4 miles away); Confederate Heroes Monument (approx. 1.4 miles away); Old Tishomingo County Courthouse (approx. 1.4 miles away); Iuka (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Iuka.
Another marker is no longer
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Photographed by Sandra Hughes, January 18, 2012
2. Battle of Iuka Marker
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, January 18, 2012
3. Battle of Iuka Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on January 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 19, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 2,225 times since then and 61 times this year. Last updated on January 4, 2024, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on February 1, 2012, by Karl Stelly of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 2, 3. submitted on January 19, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
