Corinth National Cemetery
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Corinth National Cemetery
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| Location: | 1551 Horton St., Corinth, Mississippi |
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| Coordinates: | 34°55′35″N 88°30′36″W / 34.92639°N 88.51000°WCoordinates: 34°55′35″N 88°30′36″W / 34.92639°N 88.51000°W |
| Area: | 20 acres (8.1 ha) |
| Built: | 1866 |
| Architectural style: | Dutch colonial |
| Governing body: | United States Department of Veterans Affairs |
| MPS: | Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS |
| NRHP Reference#: | 96001352[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | November 20, 1996 |
Corinth National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the city of Corinth, in Alcorn County, Mississippi. It encompasses 20 acres (8.1 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 7,137 interments. It is administered by the Little Rock National Cemetery.
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History [edit]
Corinth National Cemetery was established in 1866 as a place to inter the Union casualties of the Second Battle of Corinth, and other battles in the region. By the late 1870s there were over 5,000 interments in the cemetery. Nearly 4,000 of which were unknown.
Corinth National Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
Along with other sites, it was included in Siege and Battle of Corinth Sites, a National Historic Landmark designated in 1991
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References [edit]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
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