Second Battle of Corinth
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second-battle-of-corinth-172-15705152
title:
Second Battle of Corinth
text:
The Second Battle of Corinth was fought October 3–4, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi. For the second time in the Iuka–Corinth Campaign, Union Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans defeated a Confederate army, this time one under Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn. After the Battle of Iuka, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price marched his army to meet with Van Dorn's. The combined force, known as the Army of West Tennessee, was put under the command of the more senior Van Dorn. The army moved in the direction of Corinth, a critica
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Major battle of the American Civil War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Corinth
date created:
2005-05-30T14:28:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T12:00:21Z
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