Battle of Farmington (1862)

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The Battle of Farmington (1862) was a minor American Civil War engagement in Mississippi that formed part of the Union’s operations leading up to the siege and capture of Corinth.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
armedConflictPhase early 1862 Western Theater operations ⓘ
armedForce Army of Mississippi (Confederate) ⓘ
Army of the Mississippi (Union) ⓘ
associatedPlace Corinth, Mississippi ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignObjective approach and invest Corinth, Mississippi ⓘ
casualtiesSide Confederate casualties ⓘ
Union casualties ⓘ
category 1862 in Mississippi ⓘ
Battles of the American Civil War in Mississippi ⓘ
Conflicts in 1862 ⓘ
combatant Confederate States Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
commander Braxton Bragg ⓘ
John Pope ⓘ
Pierre G. T. Beauregard ⓘ
William T. Sherman ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date May 9, 1862 ⓘ
description minor engagement during the Union advance on Corinth ⓘ
endDate May 9, 1862 ⓘ
followedBy Capture of Corinth ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Corinth

Siege of Corinth ⓘ
front Western Front of the American Civil War ⓘ
hasPart Confederate counterattack near Farmington ⓘ
Union advance from Corinth toward Farmington ⓘ
location Alcorn County, Mississippi ⓘ
Farmington, Mississippi ⓘ
notableFor supporting Union siege operations against Corinth ⓘ
partOf Corinth campaign ⓘ
Union operations against Corinth ⓘ
Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
relatedWork Official Records of the War of the Rebellion ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startDate May 9, 1862 ⓘ
state Mississippi ⓘ
strategicContext Union advance on Corinth after the Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
terrain rural farmland and small town surroundings ⓘ
theaterCommanderUnion Henry W. Halleck ⓘ
timePeriod American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
typeOfAction reconnaissance-in-force ⓘ
year 1862 ⓘ

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Corinth campaign → hasPart → Battle of Farmington (1862) ⓘ