Corinth National Cemetery

Mississippi

1551 Horton Street
Corinth, MS 38834
United States

Website

http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/corinth.asp

On April 13, 1866, the Secretary of War authorized immediate action to provide a final resting place for the honored dead killed in Civil War battles for control of the railroad in and around Corinth. This beautiful twenty-acre cemetery is the resting place for 1,793 known and 3,895 unknown Union soldiers.

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