October 5, 1862
By late spring 1862, United States forces in the West threatened to cut the Confederacy in two, having captured both New Orleans and Memphis on the Mississippi River, and the vital railroad hub at Corinth, Mississippi, thereby severing the Memphis & Charleston Railroad, the South's only east-west connection linking the Atlantic to the Mississippi Valley. Efforts to complete the split stalled that summer when Union naval forces failed to capture Vicksburg, and field armies struggled to control the vast territory occupied in the spring offensive. The Confederates seized on this lull to launch General Bragg's invasion into Kentucky, and, in early October, sent an army to capture Corinth. However, repulsed there with heavy losses after two days of brutal fighting, this southern force retreated back towards Davis Bridge on the Hatchie River.HM Number | HM1201 |
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Placed By | National Park Service - Shiloh National Military Park |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 8:49am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 335796 N 3877554 |
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Decimal Degrees | 35.02733333, -88.79995000 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 35° 1.64', W 88° 47.997' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 35° 1' 38.40" N, 88° 47' 59.82" W |
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Area Code(s) | 731 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 1145 Essary Springs Rd, Pocahontas TN 38061, US |
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