Memphis and Charleston Railroad and Mobile and Ohio Railroad intersection

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The Memphis and Charleston Railroad and Mobile and Ohio Railroad intersection was a strategically vital Civil War rail junction at Corinth, Mississippi, whose control was crucial for moving troops and supplies across the western theater.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War site
railroad junction
associatedWithEvent Second Battle of Corinth
Siege of Corinth
contestedBy Confederate Army
Union Army
controlledBy Confederate States of America
documentedIn Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
formedByRailroad Memphis and Charleston Railroad
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
functionDuringWar distribution hub for ammunition and provisions
major transfer point for Confederate reinforcements
geographicalContext near the Tennessee–Mississippi border
northeastern Mississippi
historicalRole critical node in 1862 Union rail strategy
focal point of fortification and entrenchment at Corinth
impactOfControl facilitated Union penetration deeper into the Confederacy
impactOfLoss disruption of Confederate rail logistics in the Western Theater
laterControlledBy United States (Union) forces
linked to: Union Army
locatedIn Alcorn County, Mississippi
Corinth, Mississippi
Mississippi
United States
memorializedBy Civil War markers at Corinth, Mississippi
militaryObjectiveOf Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard
Union General Henry W. Halleck
linked to: Henry W. Halleck

Union General Ulysses S. Grant
linked to: Ulysses S. Grant
near Battlefield areas around Corinth, Mississippi
Confederate fortifications at Corinth
partOf rail network of the Western Theater of the American Civil War
presentStatus part of the Corinth Civil War interpretive area
railDirection east–west via Memphis and Charleston Railroad
north–south via Mobile and Ohio Railroad
railroadType standard-gauge railroad junction
relatedTo Battle of Shiloh
Union advance on Corinth after Shiloh
significanceFor Confederate defense of the Mississippi Valley
Union campaign to cut Confederate rail communications
strategicImportance control of east–west and north–south rail traffic in the Western Theater
key node in Confederate supply lines
key objective for Union forces in 1862
link between the Mississippi Valley and the Confederate interior
timePeriod 1862
American Civil War
usedFor logistical coordination in the Western Theater of the American Civil War
transportation of military supplies
transportation of troops

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Corinth campaign railJunction Memphis and Charleston Railroad and Mobile and Ohio Railroad intersection