Editing Corinth, Mississippi (section)

== History ==
Established in 1853, Corinth was first named '''Cross City''' for its location at the junction of the [[Mobile and Ohio Railroad|Mobile & Ohio]] and [[Memphis and Charleston Railroad|Memphis & Charleston]] railroads, it was renamed Corinth after the famous [[Corinth|Greek crossroads city]]. Because of the town’s strategic location, it was a center of contention between [[Union army|Union]] and [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] forces during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] and was ultimately occupied by Union troops from 1862 to 1864.

[[File:The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14762782285).jpg|thumb|left|The Tishomingo Hotel, {{circa|1862|lk=yes}}.]]

Confederate [[General]] [[P. G. T. Beauregard]] retreated to Corinth after the [[Battle of Shiloh]] (April 1862), pursued by [[Union army|Union]] [[Major General]] [[Henry Halleck|Henry W. Halleck]]. General Beauregard abandoned the town on May 29 when General Halleck approached, letting it fall into the Union's hands. Since Halleck had approached so cautiously, digging entrenchments at every stop for over a month, this action has been known as the [[Siege of Corinth]].

The Union sent Maj. Gen. [[William Rosecrans]] to Corinth as well and concentrated its forces in the city. The [[Second Battle of Corinth]] took place on October 3−4, 1862, when Confederate Maj. Gen. [[Earl Van Dorn]] attempted to retake the city. Corinth ultimately became a destination for refugees from slavery called ''[[Contraband (American Civil War)|contrabands]]'' and their camp was "widely regarded as a 'model' camp."<ref>{{Citation |last=Manning |first=Chandra |title=Contraband Camps and the African American Refugee Experience during the Civil War |date=2017-12-19 |url=https://oxfordre.com/americanhistory/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.001.0001/acrefore-9780199329175-e-203 |encyclopedia=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History |access-date=2023-07-29 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.013.203 |isbn=978-0-19-932917-5}}</ref>

===Locales on the National Register of Historic Places===
{{main|National Register of Historic Places listings in Alcorn County, Mississippi}}
* Battery Williams (also known as Fort Williams)
* [[Siege and Battle of Corinth Sites]]
* Coliseum Theatre- built in the early 20th century in the [[Colonial Revival]] style
* [[Corinth National Cemetery]]
* Downtown Corinth Historic District
* Dr. Joseph M. Bynum House—a home in the [[Late Gothic Revival]] style built in the late 19th century
* Federal Siege Trench (also known as Harper Road Trench)
* Fort Robinette (also known as Battery Robinette)—site of the Civil War Interpretive Center
* Jacinto Courthouse (also called the Old Tishomingo County Courthouse)—built in the mid-19th century in the [[Federal style architecture|Federal]] style
* L.C. Steele House
* [[Midtown Corinth Historic District]]
* Moores Creek site—a [[prehistoric]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] site from 3000 to 3500 B.C.
* Old U.S. Post Office
* Rienzi Commercial Historic District
* Thomas F. Dilworth House
* Union Battery F, Battle of Corinth
* Union Earthworks
* Veranda House (also known as the Curlee House)—built in 1857, it served as headquarters for Confederate generals during the Battle of Corinth