Corinth, Mississippi

Corinth - Crossroads of the Confederacy

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(10-2000) "Crossroads of the Confederacy" Junction of the Memphis & Charleston and the Mobile & Ohio Railroads. The view is to the southeast. Corinth Civil War Self-Guided Tour Guide: These two railroads gave Corinth its strategic importance during the Civil War. Here, the Confederacy's only east-west link, the Memphis and Charleston, crossed the Mobile and Ohio. These were the two longest railroads in the Western Confederacy. The Tishomingo Hotel faced the Memphis and Charleston and was situated on the railroad grounds just east of the station. The Corinth House, located on the corner east of the  parking lot, was the Confederate U.S.O. before Shiloh. After Shiloh, both hotels were used as hospitals. During Federal occupation, the Tishomingo was operated as a hotel

Courtesy of Don Worth (Webmaster) 48th OVVI

(3-93) Northeast Mississippi Museum, Corinth. Scale model of the Tishomingo Hotel and the Crossroads
 
Battle Map (Corinth CW Self-Guided Tour Guide: 69K)

Plan of the Battle of Corinth (O.R. Atlas: 282K)

            
(3-93) Northeast Mississippi Museum, Corinth. Union mortar shell found in 1992 by a Corinth maintenance crew

(3-93) Northeast Mississippi Museum, Corinth. Artifacts recovered in the Corinth area

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