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CORINTH , a See also: city and the See also:county-seat of Alcorn county, See also:Mississippi, U.S.A., situated in the N.E. See also:part of the See also:state, about 90 M. E. by S. of See also:Memphis, See also:Tennessee. Pop. (189o) 2I I1; (1900) 3661 (1174 negroes); (1910) 5020. It is served by the See also:Mobile & See also:Ohio and the See also:Southern See also:railways; and by a See also:branch of the See also:Illinois Central connecting See also:Jackson, See also:Miss., and See also:Birmingham, See also:Ala. It has woollen See also:mills, See also:cotton compresses, clothing, See also:furniture, and spoke and stave factories and See also:machine shops, and is a cotton See also:market. Because of its situation and its importance as a railway junction, Corinth played an important part in the western See also:campaigns of the See also:Civil See also:War. After the first See also:Con-federate See also:line of See also:defence had been broken by the See also:capture of Fort See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry and Fort See also:Donelson (See also:February 1862), Corinth was fortified by See also:General P. G. T. See also:Beauregard, and was made the centre of the new line along the Memphis & See also:Charleston railway, " the See also:great See also:East and See also:West artery of the Confederacy." See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
Grant's advance on this centre, then defended by General A. S. See also: Johnston, led to the See also:battle of See also:Shiloh, fought on See also:April 6/7 about 20 m. N.E. of Corinth; after this engagement Beauregard withdrew to Corinth. General H. W. See also:Halleck, with a greatly See also:superior force, cautiously and slowly advanced upon the Confederate position, consuming more than a See also:month in the operation. During the See also:night of the 29th of May Beauregard evacuated the See also:place (which was occupied by the Federals on the following See also:day), and re-established his line at Tupelo. Corinth then became the headquarters of the See also:Union forces under General W. S. See also:Rosecrans, who on the 3/4 of See also:October 1862 was fiercely attacked here by General See also:Earl von Dorn, whom he repulsed, both sides suffering considerable losses in killed and wounded, and the Confederates leaving many prisoners behind.
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