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Corinth under Union occupation

Rail junction, Corinth, Mississippi.

Side
Union
Kind
Rail junction
Where
Corinth, Mississippi
Years
1862-1864
Today
Park
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CORINTH RAIL CROSSING

Crossing of the Mobile and Ohio and the Memphis and Charleston railroads. Union troops took the town in May 1862, beat back Van Dorn's attack of October 3-4, 1862, and used it as a garrison and supply center. The Federal army abandoned Corinth in January 1864.

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Then

Corinth was the crossing of the Mobile and Ohio and the Memphis and Charleston railroads. Union troops took the town after the Confederate evacuation of May 30, 1862, beat back Van Dorn's attack of October 3-4, 1862, and then used Corinth and its railroads to shuttle troops between theaters, with a large garrison and a major supply center for the area.

The Federal army abandoned Corinth in January 1864, and its contraband camp moved to Memphis.

Now

Park

Corinth National Cemetery, established in 1866, holds nearly six thousand Union soldiers. The Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center and the Contraband Camp site are part of Shiloh National Military Park.

Lines owned by Norfolk Southern and smaller railroads run through Corinth today.

Served by

Nearby

Sources

  1. Corinth in the Civil War: At the Crossroads of History (Mississippi History Now, MDAH)
  2. Park Rangers Offer a Walk and Talk about the Union Occupation of Corinth (Shiloh National Military Park, NPS)
  3. Corinth, Mississippi (Wikipedia)