Shiloh and Corinth Campaign

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The Shiloh and Corinth Campaign was a major early Western Theater operation in the American Civil War, encompassing the bloody Battle of Shiloh and the subsequent Union advance to capture the strategic rail hub of Corinth, Mississippi.

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instanceOf American Civil War campaign
military campaign
associatedWith Union advance into the Deep South
belligerent Confederate States of America
United States (Union)
casualtiesDescription high casualties, especially at the Battle of Shiloh
commander Don Carlos Buell
Henry W. Halleck
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
conflict American Civil War
country United States
endDate 1862-10-05
followedBy Vicksburg campaign
front Western front of the American Civil War
hasPart Battle of Iuka
Battle of Shiloh
Second Battle of Corinth
Siege of Corinth
location Mississippi
Tennessee
militaryBranch Confederate States Army
Union Army
notableBattle Battle of Shiloh
Second Battle of Corinth
notableEvent death of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston at Shiloh
objective capture of Corinth, Mississippi
control of key rail junctions in the Western Theater
opposingCommander Albert Sidney Johnston
Earl Van Dorn
P. G. T. Beauregard
Sterling Price
partOf Western Theater of the American Civil War
precededBy Fort Henry and Fort Donelson campaign
primaryConfederateArmy Army of Mississippi
primaryUnionArmy Army of the Ohio
Army of the Tennessee
railHub Corinth, Mississippi
result Union victory
startDate 1862-03-01
strategicImportance control of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad
control of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
tacticalOutcome Union forces captured Corinth, Mississippi
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War
typeOfOperation offensive campaign
year 1862

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Union Army campaigns hasPart Shiloh and Corinth Campaign