Battle for Corinth
The Battle of Corinth were two major combat operations during the American Civil War over the strategically important city of Corinth in the northeastern part of the US state Mississippi . With about 2,000 inhabitants at the time, it served the Confederates as the main connection point between the east and west of their area during the civil war, and was therefore fortified and repeatedly the scene of major battles.
First battle
- Main article: First battle for Corinth
On April 29, 1862, the 120,000 soldiers of the northern states 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 stood at Shiloh, only a few miles away from Corinth (see Battle of Shiloh ) in a two-day fight against each other. Under Henry W. Halleck's leadership, the Union troops moved even closer to Corinth and delivered two victorious meetings to the Confederates at Farmington, east of Corinth on May 5th and 9th. On June 10, 1862, the city was captured by the Union Army .
Second battle
- Main article: Second Battle for Corinth
On October 3 of the same year, the Confederates tried again with 22,000 soldiers under Major General Earl Van Dorn to take possession of Corinth, but were given by General William Starke Rosecrans , who had meanwhile set up his headquarters there, with his 23,000-strong army thrown back and pursued until they were completely defeated at Hatchie's Bridge on October 4, 1862 .
In this battle the Confederates lost 4,838 soldiers and the Union Army 2,359 soldiers.
literature
- Peter Cozzens, The Darkest Days of the War: The Battles of Iuka and Corinth. Chapel Hill, NC 1997. ISBN 0807823201
