Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation

by Timothy B. Smith

Book Overview

Fletcher Pratt Award

McLemore Prize

In the spring of 1862, there was no more important place in the western Confederacy--perhaps in all the South--than the tiny town of Corinth, Mississippi.

Major General Henry W. Halleck, commander of Union forces in the Western Theater, reported to Washington that "Richmond and Corinth are now the great strategical points of war, and our success at these points should be insured...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700623450
• ISBN13: 9780700623457
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"