Siege and Battle of Corinth Sites

Infobox_nrhp | name =Siege and Battle of Corinth
nrhp_type =nhl


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nearest_city= Corinth, Mississippi
locmapin = Mississippi
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designated= May 06, 1991
added = May 06, 1991cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Federal
refnum=91001050

Siege and Battle of Corinth Sites are a set of battleground areas in and around Corinth, Mississippi associated with the Siege of Corinth from April 29 to June 10, 1862, the Battle of Corinth from October 3 to October 4 1862, and the lesser Battle of Hatchie's Bridge on October 5 1862. These American Civil War battles ranged over Alcorn County, Mississippi and Hardeman County, Tennessee. Part or all of the landmarked area is included within Shiloh National Military Park.

The set of Corinth-related battleground areas was designated a National Historic Landmark on May 6, 1991.cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2107&ResourceType=District
title=Siege and Battle of Corinth Sites |accessdate=2007-10-24|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service] ,citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/91001050.pdf National Register of Historic Places Registration: Siege and Battle of Corinth Sites] |3.94 MiB |date=January 8, 1991 |author=Paul Hawke, Cecil McKithan, Tom Hensley, Jack Elliott, and Edwin C. Bearss |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/91001050.pdf Accompanying 15 photos, from 19 90.] |974 KiB ]

It includes the following separate areas (with indication of available photos accompanying NRHP Registration):
#First Phase Battle of Corinth, convert|157|acre|km2, (photo #),
#Battery F (photo #), convert|1|acre|m2|sing=on
#Battery Robinett (photo #), 20 acres
#Fish Pond House (photo #4), less than convert|1|acre|m2|sing=on
#Curlee House (photo #2) , less than convert|1|acre|m2|sing=on,
#Oak Home (photo #3), less than convert|1|acre|m2|sing=on
#Duncan House (photo #), less than convert|1|acre|m2|sing=on
#Railroad Crossover, convert|1|acre|m2|sing=on
#Confederate Earthworks between the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and the Purdy Road (photo #), convert|133|acre|km2
#Harper Road Union Earthworks (photo #), convert|3|acre|m2
#Confederate Rifle Pit, less than convert|1|acre|m2|sing=on
#Corinth National Cemetery (photo #), 16 acres
#Union Siege Line: Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's and Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Davies' Divisions, convert|105|acre|km2.
#Union Siege Line: Army of the Tennessee (Brig. Gen. Thomas McKean's and Brig. Gen. T.W. Sherman's Divisions); Army of the Ohio (Brig. Gen. T.J. Wood's and William Nelson's Divisions), convert|36.5|acre|m2
#Union Siege Line: Army of the Mississippi (Paine's Division), convert|6|acre|m2
#Davis Bridge (Battle of the Hatchie) October 5, 1862 (photo #15, #16), convert|5|acre|m2

Sites having separate NRHP registrations which are likely to be included in the above are:
*Battle of Corinth, Confederate Assault Position on Shiloh Road (not separately listed above, probably included in one of the above, perhaps the Confederate Rifle Pit),
*Battery Williams, (not separately listed above, probably included in one of the above),
*Corinth National Cemetery, (listed above)
*Midtown Corinth Historic District (may include Duncan House listed above)
*Union Battery F, Battle of Corinth (listed above as Battery F)
*Veranda House (another name for Curlee House, listed above)
*Davis Bridge Battlefield, near Pocahantas, Tennessee, (listed above)

Corinth sites having NRHP registrations which may or may not be associated with the above are:
*Downtown Corinth Historic District
*Corinth Clothing Manufacturing Company Building

References

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/shil/historyculture/corinth.htm Corinth Interpretative Center, a National Park Service site] . Includes a map of the NHL Siege and Battle of Corinth Sites, but the map is poorly scanned.
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/113corinth/113corinth.htm "The Siege and Battle of Corinth: A New Kind of War"," a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan]