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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 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's advance on this centre, then defended by General A. S.

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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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