Shiloh and Corinth Campaign

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The Shiloh and Corinth Campaign was a major early Western Theater operation in the American Civil War, encompassing the bloody Battle of Shiloh and the subsequent Union advance to capture the strategic rail hub of Corinth, Mississippi.

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instanceOf American Civil War campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
associatedWith Union advance into the Deep South ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
casualtiesDescription high casualties, especially at the Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
commander Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Henry W. Halleck ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
William T. Sherman ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endDate 1862-10-05 ⓘ
followedBy Vicksburg campaign ⓘ
front Western front of the American Civil War ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Iuka ⓘ
Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
Second Battle of Corinth ⓘ
Siege of Corinth ⓘ
location Mississippi ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
militaryBranch Confederate States Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
Second Battle of Corinth ⓘ
notableEvent death of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston at Shiloh ⓘ
objective capture of Corinth, Mississippi ⓘ
control of key rail junctions in the Western Theater ⓘ
opposingCommander Albert Sidney Johnston ⓘ
Earl Van Dorn ⓘ
P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ
Sterling Price ⓘ
partOf Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Fort Henry and Fort Donelson campaign ⓘ
primaryConfederateArmy Army of Mississippi ⓘ
primaryUnionArmy Army of the Ohio ⓘ
Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
railHub Corinth, Mississippi ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startDate 1862-03-01 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad ⓘ
control of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Union forces captured Corinth, Mississippi ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
typeOfOperation offensive campaign ⓘ
year 1862 ⓘ

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Union Army campaigns → hasPart → Shiloh and Corinth Campaign ⓘ