Battle of Corinth Battery F

Battle of Corinth Battery F (HM19DD)

Location: Corinth, MS 38834 Alcorn County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 56.874', W 88° 33.148'

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!st. Day, October 3, 1862

The South suffered a strategic disaster when Corinth and its railroads fell to Union forces on May 30, 1862. The destruction of the Union force garrisoned in Corinth and recapture of this rail center quickly became vital Confederate objectives. In late September, 22,000 troops under Maj. Gens. Earl Van Dorn and Sterling Price marched toward Corinth to accomplish this.

On the morning of October 3, the Confederates attacked from the northwest, driving in Union pickets and slowly pushing the stubbornly resisting Union infantry toward town. When darkness halted the fighting the Union troops had fallen back to the town's Inner defense, within a few hundred yards of the railroad crossing Soldiers of both armies lay exhausted from extreme heat, almost no drinking water, and violent battle.

Throughout the night, commanders of both sides redeployed forces to meet the decisive struggle that would begin in the morning.
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Date Added Thursday, September 25th, 2014 at 8:50am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 358239 N 3868365
Decimal Degrees34.94790000, -88.55246667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 56.874', W 88° 33.148'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 56' 52.44" N, 88° 33' 8.88" W
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Area Code(s)601, 662
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1803-1955 Bitner Rd, Corinth MS 38834, US
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