Siege of Corinth
​Confederate Commander
Forces Engaged: 52,706
Killed: 505
Wounded: 2150
Captured or Missing: 2138
Total: 4838
Confederate Officers
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Brig. Gen. John C. Breckinridge
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April 29 - June 10, 1862
Hardin and McNairy Counties, Tennessee
Alcorn and Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi
Union Victory
Federal Penetration up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers
National Park Service
The Siege and Battle of Corinth
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American Battlefield Trust
Corinth: The Critical Crossroads
Siege of Corinth / April 29-May 30, 1862
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American History Central
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Warfare History Network
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HistoryNet.com
Siege of Corinth by Henry Halleck in 1862
How a Desperate, Bloody Bayonet Charge at Corinth Saved the West
from the Confederacy
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Legends of America
The Siege and Battle of Corinth, Mississippi
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Harper's Weekly Articles
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​Union Commander
Forces Engaged: 110,000
Killed: 355
Wounded: 1841
Captured or Missing: 324
Total: 2520
Union Officers
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Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas
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​"Advanceed-Gaurd of Major-General Pope's Army entering Corinth." Harper's Weekly - Journal of Civilization.
June 7, 1862. Sketched by Mr. H. Mosler. CD-ROM Applewood Books, 2001.
"The Army of Mississippi - Looking into Corinth from General Pope's Observatory." Harper's Weekly - Journal
of Civilization. June 21, 1862. Sketched by Mr. H. Mosler. CD-ROM Applewood Books, 2001.
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay Company, Inc. September 1967. pgs
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Brands, H. W. The Man Who Saved the Union Ulysses S. Grant in War and Peace. New York: Doubleday, 2012.
"Corduroying Roads to Corinth" Harper's Weekly - Journal of Civilization. June 16, 1862. Sketched by Mr. H.
Mosler. CD-ROM Applewood Books, 2001.
"General Buell's Army Crossing Lick Creek on the way to Corinth." Harper's Weekly - Journal of Civilization.
June 7, 1862. Sketched by Mr. H. Mosler. CD-ROM Applewood Books, 2001.
"General Pope's Troops Throwing up a Magazine near Farmington." Harper's Weekly - Journal of Civilization.
June 21, 1862. Sketched by Mr. H. Mosler.CD-ROM Applewood Books, 2001.
Grant, Ulysses S. Personal Memoirs Ulysses S. Grant. New York: Random House, 1999.
Johnson, Robert Underwood & Clarence Clough Buell, Eds. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War - Grant-Lee Edition.
Volume II Part II. New York: Century Co. Edition of 1884-1887. rpt National Historical Society, 2005.
"Our Pickets at Farmington Church, Two Miles from Corinth." Harper's Weekly - Journal of Civilization. June 21,
1862. Sketched by Mr. H. Mosler. CD-ROM Applewood Books, 2001.
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1992.
------------------- Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.
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