Corinth Tour #6, Stop #6

Corinth National Cemetery

Shiloh Collection

Corinth National Cemetery was established in 1866 as a central burial site for approximately 2,300 Union casualties of the Battle of Corinth and similar clashes in the surrounding area. These dead were gathered from some sixty-five battlefields and communities, including Corinth, Iuka, Holly Springs, Brice’s Crossroads, Tupelo, and Farmington in Mississippi, and from Davis Bridge, Parker’s Crossroads, Middleburg, and Britton’s Lane in Tennessee.