Memphis and Charleston Railroad and Mobile and Ohio Railroad intersection

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The Memphis and Charleston Railroad and Mobile and Ohio Railroad intersection was a strategically vital Civil War rail junction at Corinth, Mississippi, whose control was crucial for moving troops and supplies across the western theater.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War site ⓘ
railroad junction ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Second Battle of Corinth ⓘ
Siege of Corinth ⓘ
contestedBy Confederate Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
controlledBy Confederate States of America ⓘ
documentedIn Official Records of the War of the Rebellion ⓘ
formedByRailroad Memphis and Charleston Railroad ⓘ
Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
functionDuringWar distribution hub for ammunition and provisions ⓘ
major transfer point for Confederate reinforcements ⓘ
geographicalContext near the Tennessee–Mississippi border ⓘ
northeastern Mississippi ⓘ
historicalRole critical node in 1862 Union rail strategy ⓘ
focal point of fortification and entrenchment at Corinth ⓘ
impactOfControl facilitated Union penetration deeper into the Confederacy ⓘ
impactOfLoss disruption of Confederate rail logistics in the Western Theater ⓘ
laterControlledBy United States (Union) forces ⓘ
linked to: Union Army
locatedIn Alcorn County, Mississippi ⓘ
Corinth, Mississippi ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
United States ⓘ
memorializedBy Civil War markers at Corinth, Mississippi ⓘ
militaryObjectiveOf Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ
Union General Henry W. Halleck ⓘ
linked to: Henry W. Halleck

Union General Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
linked to: Ulysses S. Grant
near Battlefield areas around Corinth, Mississippi ⓘ
Confederate fortifications at Corinth ⓘ
partOf rail network of the Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
presentStatus part of the Corinth Civil War interpretive area ⓘ
railDirection east–west via Memphis and Charleston Railroad ⓘ
north–south via Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
railroadType standard-gauge railroad junction ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
Union advance on Corinth after Shiloh ⓘ
significanceFor Confederate defense of the Mississippi Valley ⓘ
Union campaign to cut Confederate rail communications ⓘ
strategicImportance control of east–west and north–south rail traffic in the Western Theater ⓘ
key node in Confederate supply lines ⓘ
key objective for Union forces in 1862 ⓘ
link between the Mississippi Valley and the Confederate interior ⓘ
timePeriod 1862 ⓘ
American Civil War ⓘ
usedFor logistical coordination in the Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
transportation of military supplies ⓘ
transportation of troops ⓘ

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Corinth campaign → railJunction → Memphis and Charleston Railroad and Mobile and Ohio Railroad intersection ⓘ