Siege of Corinth

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The Siege of Corinth was an 1862 American Civil War campaign in northern Mississippi where Union forces compelled the strategic Confederate rail hub of Corinth to be evacuated.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
afterEffect disruption of Confederate rail communications in the Western Theater ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Siege of Corinth ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Corinth
belligerentStrength Union forces numerically superior to Confederate forces ⓘ
casualties relatively low compared to other major Civil War campaigns ⓘ
combatant Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
commander Braxton Bragg ⓘ
Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Henry Wager Halleck ⓘ
linked to: Henry W. Halleck

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
commandStructure Confederate Army of the Mississippi ⓘ
Union Department of the Mississippi ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endTime 1862-05-30 ⓘ
followed Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
followedBy Second Battle of Corinth ⓘ
genre siege ⓘ
hasCause Union objective to capture strategic rail junction at Corinth ⓘ
hasPart series of entrenchments and skirmishes around Corinth ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
location Corinth, Mississippi ⓘ
northern Mississippi ⓘ
mainSubject Corinth, Mississippi, rail junction ⓘ
militaryTactic entrenchment and gradual approach ⓘ
siege operations ⓘ
notableFor limited large-scale direct assaults ⓘ
slow, methodical advance by Union forces ⓘ
outcome Union occupation of Corinth ⓘ
partOf Union operations against Corinth ⓘ
linked to: Corinth campaign

Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
pointInTime 1862 ⓘ
precededBy Union concentration of forces after Shiloh ⓘ
railLine Memphis and Charleston Railroad ⓘ
Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
result Confederate evacuation of Corinth ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Corinth

Union victory ⓘ
startTime 1862-04-29 ⓘ
state Mississippi ⓘ
strategicImportance major Confederate rail hub ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of Corinth rail junction ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
year 1862 ⓘ

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P. G. T. Beauregard → notableEvent → Siege of Corinth ⓘ
Grenville M. Dodge → notableBattle → Battle of Corinth ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Corinth
Corinth campaign → hasPart → Siege of Corinth ⓘ
Mississippi Valley Theater → hasKeyEvent → Siege of Corinth ⓘ
Army of the Tennessee → engagement → Siege of Corinth ⓘ
Battle of Pittsburg Landing → followedBy → Siege of Corinth ⓘ
Henry Ware Lawton → battle → Siege of Corinth ⓘ
Army of the Mississippi → engagedIn → Siege of Corinth ⓘ
Siege of Corinth → result → Confederate evacuation of Corinth ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Corinth
Siege of Corinth → alsoKnownAs → First Siege of Corinth ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Corinth
Battle of Farmington (1862) → followedBy → Siege of Corinth ⓘ
Battle of Farmington (1862) → followedBy → Capture of Corinth ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Corinth
Battle of Iuka → precededBy → Siege of Corinth ⓘ
Corinth, Mississippi → knownFor → Siege of Corinth ⓘ
Corinth, Mississippi → significantEvent → Siege of Corinth (1862) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Corinth
Edward O. C. Ord → participatedIn → Battle of Corinth ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Corinth
works of Lord Byron → notableWork → The Siege of Corinth ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Corinth
Shiloh and Corinth Campaign → hasPart → Siege of Corinth ⓘ
Free State of Jones → depictsEvent → Battle of Corinth ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Corinth