Date : April 29-June 10, 1862.
Principal Commanders : Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck [US]; Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard [CS].
Forces Engaged : Department of the Mississippi [US]; Department No. 2 [CS].
On April , the Confederate Troops, under Beauregard, are defeated and retreat back on Corinth.
General Halleck arrives from St. Louis and orders General John Pope's Troops to join Buell and Grant at Pittsburg Landing. General Earl Van Dorn's troops arrive from Arkansas which increases Confederate troops to 56,000.
By April 21, Halleck has 120,000 troops under his command to fight the Confederate troops at Corinth.
On April 30, Halleck begins his attack on Corinth. By May 29, Beauregard evacuates Corinth and retreats to Tupelo.
By June, Halleck moves to break up his huge army. U. S. Grant is left in charge.
Jeff Davis replaces Beauregard with Bragg. Van Dorn, having moved up from Vicksburg with Mansfield Lovell's Division, was joined with Price's Divisions at Ripley, thirty miles southeast of Corinth. The three divisions totaled 23,000 men commanded by Van Dorn.
The Confederates move to retake Corinth. A coordinated attack drives the Union soldiers to behind the inner defenses of the town.
On October 4, Confederate troops break through and enter Corinth.
However, the attack fails, and Van Dorn is forced to abandon.
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