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Daily Quiz for May 13, 2008
In 1862, Confederate General Earl Van Dorn attacked Union forces at this Mississippi railroad town in an effort to help Braxton Bragg's invasion of Kentucky.
In 1862, Confederate General Earl Van Dorn attacked Union forces at this Mississippi railroad town in an effort to help Braxton Bragg’s invasion of Kentucky.
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Corinth. In 1862, Confederate General Earl Van Dorn attacked Union forces at the Mississippi railroad town of Corinth in an effort to help Braxton Bragg’s invasion of Kentucky. With Union interest concentrated chiefly on Bragg’s invasion of Kentucky, Union General Grant’s command was scattered about western Tennessee and northern Mississippi in several garrisons. Impetuous and aggressive (he was a former Indian fighter), Van Dorn evaluated potential objectives before deciding to attack the strongest, the one at Corinth, Miss. Two strategic railroads, the Mobile & Ohio and the Memphis & Charleston, linked up there, and control of the rails was, as always, a paramount concern in the war.
