Corinth National Cemetery
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Corinth National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the city of Corinth, in Alcorn County, Mississippi. It encompasses 20 acres, and as of the end of 2005, had 7,137 interments. It is administered by the Little Rock National Cemetery.
[edit] History
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 listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1991 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
