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The Siege and Battle of Corinth Sites are a National Historic Landmark District encompassing surviving elements of three significant American Civil War engagements in and near Corinth, Mississippi. Included are landscape and battlefield features of the siege of Corinth (April 29 to June 10, 1862), the Second Battle of Corinth (October 3-4, 1862 ...
The siege of Corinth (also known as the first battle of Corinth) was an American Civil War engagement lasting from April 29 to May 30, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi.A collection of Union forces under the overall command of Major General Henry Halleck engaged in a month-long siege of the city, whose Confederate occupants were commanded by General P.G.T. Beauregard.
Plan of the second Battle of Corinth. Along the north and east sides of Corinth, about two miles from the town, was a line of entrenchments, extending from the Chewalla Road on the northwest to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad on the south, that had been constructed by Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard's army before it evacuated the town in May ...
Shiloh National Military Park preserves the American Civil War Shiloh and Corinth battlefields. The main section of the park is in the unincorporated community of Shiloh, about nine miles (14 km) south of Savannah, Tennessee, with additional areas located in the city of Corinth, Mississippi, 23 miles (37 km) southwest of Shiloh and the Parker's Crossroads Battlefield in the city of Parkers ...
Corinth is located in northeast Mississippi at the intersection of (north/south) U.S. Route 45 and (east/west) U.S. Route 72. U.S. 45 runs to the west of the city as a bypass, leading north 19 mi (31 km) to Selmer , Tennessee , and south 21 mi (34 km) to Booneville .
Corinth National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the city of Corinth, in Alcorn County, Mississippi. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs , it encompasses 20 acres (8.1 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 7,137 interments.
Midtown Corinth Historic District is a historic district in Corinth, Mississippi that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. The district then had 229 contributing buildings and one contributing site , as well as 55 non-contributing buildings.
The 7th Battalion participated in the Second Battle of Corinth and the Siege of Vicksburg, where it was captured along with the rest of the Confederate garrison. After being reorganized at Enterprise, Mississippi, and placed under the command of General Claudius W. Sears, the battalion took part in the Atlanta campaign and Hood’s Tennessee ...