Battle of Corinth

The Battle of Corinth were two major combat operations during the American Civil War to the strategically important city of Corinth in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Mississippi. With his then about 2,000 inhabitants, it was used by the Confederates during the Civil War as primarily advanced connection point between the east and west of their territory, was therefore fixed and repeated scene of major battles.

First Battle

On 29 April 1862, the 120,000 soldiers of the Northern states were under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and the armies of the two Southern Generals Pierre GT Beauregard and Albert S. Johnston with 65,000 soldiers at the Shiloh only a few miles from Corinth remote (see Battle of Shiloh ) in two days of fighting each other. Under Henry W. Halleck's leadership, the Union troops retreated to this approach even closer to Corinth and gave the Confederates at Farmington, east of Corinth on the 5th and on May 9, two victorious meeting. On June 10, 1862, the city was occupied by the Union army.

Second Battle

On 3 October the same year, the Confederate attempted with 22,000 soldiers under Major General Earl Van Dorn again to come into the possession of Corinth, but by General William Starke Rosecrans, who had meanwhile there set up his headquarters, with its 23,000 -strong army were thrown back and followed until they experienced a complete defeat on October 4, 1862 at Hatchie 's Bridge.

In this battle, the Confederates lost 4,838 soldiers, the Union army 2,359 soldiers.