- Date
- April 29, 1862 – May 30, 1862
- Location
- Corinth, Mississippi
- Result
- Union victory
- Part of
- American Civil War
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
About the battle
The siege of Corinth, also known as the first battle of Corinth, was an American Civil War engagement lasting from April 29 to May 30, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi. A collection of Union forces under the overall command of Major General Henry W. Halleck (in his only field command of the war) engaged in a month-long siege of the city, whose Confederate occupants were commanded by General P.G.T. Beauregard. The siege resulted in the capture of the town by Federal forces. The town was a strategic point at the junction of two vital railroad lines, the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
From the Wikipedia article “Siege of Corinth”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Result, date and location from the article’s infobox and Wikidata.
