Corinth, July 18, 2009
Courtesy of Tom Johnston, IL
 
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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. Artifacts recovered in the Corinth area

(3-93) Battery Robinett, south view. Site Marker: Fort (Battery) Robinett. An earthen redoubt situated on high ground guarded Corinth's western approaches. Its three walls and angles were about 8 ft. high and surrounded by a ditch. A 20-pdr Parrott rifle was mounted in each wall. Corinth Civil War Self-Guided Tour Guide: Battery Robinett: Rebuilt in 1976, this battery was the northernmost of the College Hill Line constructed by the Federals during the summer of 1862 as an inner line of defense. The five batteries in the line were connected by breastworks and covered by abatis. Fierce fighting occurred here October 4, 1862; and it was here Colonel William P. Rogers of the Second Texas was killed. U.S. General Rosecrans ordered that Rogers be buried where he fell. The park is well marked and worth a walking tour