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Corinth in Alcorn County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Grant’s Headquarters
 
Grant’s Headquarters Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Bill Coughlin, July 29, 2003
1. Grant’s Headquarters Marker
The house that served as Gen. Grant's headquarters is no longer standing.
 
Inscription.
Site of hq. of Gen. Ulysses
Simpson Grant in June,
1862. In mid-July Grant
removed to plantation
home of F. E. Whitfield, Sr.,
about 1 mi. S. of Corinth.

 
Erected by Mississippi Historical Commission.
 
Location. 34° 56.182′ N, 88° 31.255′ W. Marker is in Corinth, Mississippi, in Alcorn County. Marker is on Jackson Street, on the right when traveling south. Click for map. Marker is located between Childs Street and Foote Street. Marker is in this post office area: Corinth MS 38834, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 16 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Corinth (approx. 0.2 miles away); Withdrawal from Shiloh (approx. 8.8 miles away in Tennessee); Approach to Shiloh (approx. 9.6 miles away in Tennessee); Battle of Shiloh (approx. 11.7 miles away in Tennessee); Stephens' Brigade (approx. 14.4 miles away in Tennessee); Russell's Brigade (approx. 14.5 miles away in Tennessee); 3rd Mississippi Infantry Battalion (approx. 15.6 miles away in Tennessee); 7th Arkansas and 2d Arkansas (approx. 15.7 miles away in Tennessee).
 
Also see . . .  The Battle of Corinth - October 4th. Civil War Preservation Trust website. (Submitted on July 27, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey.)
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on July 27, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 124 times since then. Photo   1. Submitted on July 27, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey.


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