Corinth

Union patrols walked into an empty Corinth on May 30, 1862, and the town became a base for operations toward the Mississippi valley and Vicksburg. Van Dorn's attempt to retake it failed on October 3 and 4. Meanwhile, Corinth drew refugees from slavery, known then as contrabands, whose camp was widely regarded as a model. Union forces held the town from 1862 to 1864. Today Corinth is the seat of Alcorn County, which is the smallest county by area in Mississippi.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center — 0.6 mi
  A Park Service center at Battery Robinett telling why two railroads made Corinth a prize, from the siege of 1862 to the battle of October, and what happened to the people who sought freedom there.
• Corinth Contraband Camp — 1.0 mi
  The site of a Union-run town of freedom seekers in 1862 and 1863, with a quarter-mile walkway of life-size bronze figures and the origin of a Black regiment that fought at Brices Cross Roads.
• Big Hill Pond State Park — 14 mi
  A 4,000-acre bottomland park in McNairy County built around a pond that railroad crews dug in 1853, with a 70-foot tower over Dismal Swamp and Civil War earthworks.
• Shiloh Indian Mounds — 18 mi
  A National Historic Landmark on the Tennessee River bluff: the remains of a palisaded Mississippian-era town with seven mounds and the visible rings of its house sites, inside Shiloh National Military Park.

More markers nearby

• Ft. Robinette — steps away
• Johnston's Headquarters — steps away
• Battle of Corinth — 0.2 mi
• Generals' Headquarters — 0.2 mi