Editing Tiptonville, Tennessee (section)

=== American Civil War ===
Tiptonville was the scene of the surrender of [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces at the end of the 
1862 [[Battle of Island Number Ten]] in the [[American Civil War]]. The monument for this battle is located on [[State Route 22 (Tennessee)|State Route 22]] approximately three miles north of Tiptonville, since the island itself, the focal point of the battle, has been eroded by the flow of the Mississippi River and no longer exists.