Also known as:
- Battle of Corinth I, First Battle of Corinth
Date:
- April 29 – May 30, 1862
Location:
- Hardin County and McNairy County, Tennessee; Alcorn County and Tishomingo County, Mississippi
Campaign:
- Federal Penetration up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers
Principal Union commander(s):
- Major General Henry Halleck (overall), Major General Ulysses S. Grant (nominally second in command), Major General George H. Thomas, Major General Don Carlos Buell, and Major General John Pope
Principal Confederate commander(s):
- General P. G. T. Beauregard, Major General Earl Van Dorn, General Braxton Bragg
Union forces engaged:
- Army of the Tennessee, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Mississippi
Confederate forces engaged:
- Army of Tennessee, Army of the West
Number of Union soldiers engaged:
- Roughly 120,000
Number of Confederate soldiers engaged:
- Roughly 65,000
Estimated Union casualties:
- 1,000 casualties (killed, wounded, and captured/missing)
Estimated Confederate casualties:
- 1,000 casualties (killed, wounded, and captured/missing)
Result:
- Union victory
Significance:
- Although Major General Henry Halleck captured the Confederate stronghold at Corinth, Mississippi with very little loss of life, he failed to defeat or capture General P. G. T. Beauregard’s army.
- Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard evacuated the Confederate stronghold at Corinth, Mississippi, but saved his army by implementing an elaborate hoax that completely fooled his Union adversaries.