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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Label Occurrences
Siege of Corinth canonical 7
Battle of Corinth 1
Confederate evacuation of Corinth 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War campaign
military campaign
afterEffect disruption of Confederate rail communications in the Western Theater
alsoKnownAs Siege of Corinth
surface form: First 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 of America
surface form: United States (Union)
commander Braxton Bragg
Don Carlos Buell
Henry W. Halleck
surface form: Henry Wager Halleck

Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard
surface form: Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
commandStructure Confederate Army of Mississippi
surface form: Confederate Army of the Mississippi

Military Division of the Mississippi
surface form: Union Department of the Mississippi
conflict American Civil War
country United States of America
surface form: 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
surface form: northern Mississippi
mainSubject Corinth, Mississippi
surface form: 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 Corinth campaign
surface form: Union operations against Corinth

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 Siege of Corinth self-linksurface differs
surface form: Confederate evacuation 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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Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard notableEvent Siege of Corinth
subject surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard
Grenville M. Dodge notableBattle Siege of Corinth
this entity surface form: Battle 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 Siege of Corinth self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Confederate evacuation of Corinth
Siege of Corinth alsoKnownAs Siege of Corinth
this entity surface form: First Siege of Corinth