Corinth became one of the most strategically import locations in the Civil War in 1862 after the Confederate defeat at Shiloh, twenty miles north. The Federals captured the town in May 1862 and beat off savage Confederate attempts to recapture the town on 3-4 October 1862 as depicted in the painting shown in the battlefield park (done by Connecticut's Don Troiani.) This photo looks westward toward the railroad junction of the Mobile and Ohio (north to south) and Memphis and Charleston (east and west.)There were no New England troops in the battle, so some people in North Adams might not be interested.

Photographed by Elliott Hoffman, October 2, 2002.
Added to the photo archive by Elliott Hoffman, October 8, 2002.
Railroad: Gulf, Mobile and Ohio.

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