CORINTH, City, United States

city (1990 pop. 11,820), seat of Alcorn co., extreme NE Miss., near the Tenn. line, in a livestock and farm area; founded c.1855. Manufactures include construction materials, machinery, furniture, apparel, transportation equipment, and prepared foods. During the Civil War, Corinth was a strategic railroad center, abandoned to Gen. H. W. Halleck's Union army in May, 1862, after the battle of Shiloh. General Rosecrans repulsed the Confederates under generals Earl Van Doren and Sterling Price in heavy fighting there, Oct. 3–4, 1862. Corinth National Cemetery (est. 1866) has 6,000 graves.

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books on: Corinth City United States  - 326 results

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The Darkest Days of the War: The Battles of Iuka & Corinth
Book by Peter Cozzens; University of North Carolina Press, 1997
Subjects: Confederate States Of America--Army--Drill And Tactics, Corinth (Miss.), Battle Of, 1862, Iuka (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1862, Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, United States--Army--Drill And Tactics--History--19th Century
...Gen. Lewis Henry Little State Historical Society of Missouri...health than the Federals at Corinth. Idleness might have lowered...was neither the Federals at Corinth nor Buells Army of the Ohio but, rather, the city of Chattanooga. The agent...
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Banners to the Breeze: The Kentucky Campaign, Corinth, and Stones River
Book by Earl J. Hess; University of Nebraska Press, 2000
Subjects: Corinth (Miss.), Battle Of, 1862, Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, Murfreesboro (Tenn.), Battle Of, 1862-1863, Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
...only member of the United States Senate from a seceded state who remained loyal...campaign to Mexico City but spent most of the...and concentrate at Corinth. Thus the Army of...occupied a Confederate state capital it did not...
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Struggle for the Heartland: The Campaigns from Fort Henry to Corinth
Book by Stephen D. Engle; University of Nebraska Press, 2001
Subjects: Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social Aspects
...Coming on the heels of Corinth, the loss of the important Mississippi River city compounded the Confederacys...the governors of the states for more troops and arms...Beauregards expected battle at Corinth. When it did not happen...unnecessarily badgered state representatives already...prior to the fall of Corinth, he failed to explain...
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City-State and World State in Greek and Roman Political Theory until Augustus
Book by Mason Hammond; Biblo and Tannen, 1966
Subjects: City-States--History, Internationalism, Political Science--History, State, The
...monarchs in their own states, might become, like...achieved in the League of Corinth the hegemony which...self-sufficient city-states. Thereafter, individual city-states might from...Panhellenic crusade when he united the Greek states by...
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The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations - Vol. 4
Book by Charles Francis Adams, John Adams; Little, Brown, 1851
Subjects: United States--Politics And Government--1775-1783, United States--Politics And Government--1783-1865
...passed, and so the city was incorporated...Achaians . . . . "The cities, then, we have...and won Acro-Corinth, which Antigonus...restored liberty to Corinth, he united it to the Achaians, together with the city of Megara, which...of their neighbor states. And, as in all...
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journal articles on: Corinth City United States  - 79 results

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From Eden to Jerusalem: the Church and the City
Journal article by O. Benjamin Sparks III; Interpretation, Vol. 54, 2000
Subjects: Cities, Migration, Religion, Suburban areas
...have no lasting city. Babel continues...demolish and rebuild cities most unlike the...provide? If the city descending to...often fled the city hard on the heels...throughout the United States. Consequently...diminishment of American cities. More and more...and powers: Corinth, Ephesus, Philippi...
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Christianizing the Urban Empire: an Analysis Based on 22 Greco-Roman Cities
Journal article by Rodney Stark; SA. Sociological Analysis, Vol. 52, 1991
Subjects: Church And Social Problems--Catholic Church, Religion And Sociology, Sociology, Christian (Catholic)
...they entered our 22 cities? The relative strength...recovered from each city, what proportion...disorganization of these cities, especially factors...proportions of the United States and Canadian populations...on when and how a city was founded, or...fascinated that both Corinth and Carthage stood...
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The Garden and the Plaza: Biblical Images of the City
Journal article by William P. Brown, John T. Carroll; Interpretation, Vol. 54, 2000
Subjects: Bible, Exegesis & hermeneutics, Urban areas
...concern for the United States, if not the...the American city, in particular...I view great cities as pestilential...Shechem, Bethel, Corinth, Rome, and...this unsettled state of existence...founds the first city, naming it after...17). This city is no cosmopolis...22). More cities, thus, begin...founds the city-states of Mesopotamia...
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The Acts of the Apostles, Greek Cities, and Hadrian's Panhellenion
Journal article by Laura Nasrallah; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 127, 2008
Subjects: Christianity, Cultural identity, Geography, Political alliances, Religion, Theology
...diplomacy among city-states. The Panhellenion encouraged various cities inventions of genealogies...superior to Greek city-states, which became...Empire and Greek cities as one of adoptive...empire.36 To state the obvious, thepofa...diplomacy among Greek city-states. It also called...that bound diverse cities to the Roman Empire...
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The Chicago Light Artillery at Shiloh
Journal article by Bjorn Skaptason; Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. 104, 2011
...sixteenth president of the United States. The cannon...bitter Democrat in this city but laughs at the idea...war on certain major cities, including Chicago...identify. The young city needed heroes, and...Like the rest of the United States, the Civil War...Chicagos own United States Zouave Cadets, under...1861, the day the state of Mississippi seceded...
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magazine articles on: Corinth City United States  - 37 results

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Classical Education in America: The Study of Ancient Greek and Latin Long Ago Vanished from Most American Classrooms, and with It Has Gone a Special Understanding of the Values and Virtues Prized by Western Civilization
Magazine article by Daniel Walker Howe; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 35, Spring 2011
Subjects: Classical education, Universities and colleges--Evaluation, Universities and colleges--United States
...Albany branch of the State University of New...education. This state of affairs would...schools in Northern cities offered a classical...and churches. The United States was self-consciously...Rome, Troy, Corinth, Ithaca, Syracuse...the Bank of the United States. Missouri...citizenry of classical city-states, a continental...
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God and the City
Magazine article by Joel Kotkin, Karen Speicher; The American Enterprise, Vol. 14, October 2003
Subjects: Americans--Religious aspects, Cathedrals--Design and construction, Cathedrals--Social aspects, Los Angeles, California--Buildings, facilities, etc., Religion--Social aspects
...sorts of shifts. In the United States, and even more in Western...brought a steady, often state-enforced separation...has been wrongheaded. Cities should not be opposed...sectarian nation such as the United States will show many faces...hard-pressed inner-city communities, where...
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Meet Your New President-elect and Executive Board
Magazine article; Government Finance Review, Vol. 22, August 2006
Subjects: Associations, Brittain, Len, Cox, Charles S, Dubose, Kathy, Elections, Government Finance Officers Association, Government executives, Manypeople, Overly, Keith, Phillips, Patricia A, Public finance, Roleck, Alan J, United States
...COX Director of Finance City of Farmers Branch, Texas...Director, Corporate Finance City of Toronto, Ontario A...DUBOSE Director of Finance City of Corinth, Texas Kathy DuBose...she was appointed by the State Comptroller of Texas to...
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Digging Up the Virtual Past
Magazine article by David Mattison; Searcher, Vol. 14, February 2006
Subjects: Archaeology, Greek civilization, Humbul Humanities Hub, Manycompanies, Roman civilization, United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organization, United States, University of Kansas, Washington State University, Web sites, Wikipedia
...Connecticut and maintained since 2001 by Arizona State Universitys Archaeological Research Institute...education/online learning departments, state and national government agencies, professional...guide to the field, in 1995. Washington State University inaugurated an online learning...
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A Roundup of Activities Sponsored by the State Humanities Councils
Magazine article by Shannon Hunt; Humanities, Vol. 24, September 2003
Subjects: Conferences, Councils, Humanities, Workshops
...Societys "Desert Cities" exhibition continues...of Iowa in Iowa City. The author of...exhibitions across the state will examine the...understanding the states heritage. A program...through 18, Louisiana State University in Shreveport...Indians and the United States government. Recent...paper-making in Corinth will open September...
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City Location Appeals; Looking for Somewhere to Stay in Brisbane? the Metro Hotel Tower Mill on Wickham Tce Offers Stylish, Affordable Accommodation and Dining in the Centre of the City
Newspaper article; The Gympie Times (Gympie, Australia), September 23, 2011
Subjects: Banking industry, Hotels and motels--United States, SouthBank, A Federal Savings Bank (Corinth, Mississippi)
City Location Appeals; Looking for Somewhere to...Accommodation and Dining in the Centre of the City. THE distinctive cylindrically shaped hotel...right), a well-known landmark on the inner city Brisbane skyline, comprises 80 guest rooms...
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Ancient Naval Ventures and Errors
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 14, 2009
...disaster in the Nile, Corinth and Sparta organized...constant flux, with city-states shifting sides at each...taxes, and the Aegean city-states once more began to prosper...retired vice admiral of the United States Navy and president...
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The Classical World Has Lost a True Legend
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 6, 2007
Subjects: Opera singers
...craft at New York City Opera, a short...The Siege of Corinth" - the first...packed the New York State Theater (home of New York City Opera) with her...singing to the United States. She regularly...managing the New York City Opera after her...
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Costly to South in Many Ways
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 14, 2002
...the first Southern state capital to be captured...Southern rail center at Corinth, Miss. April also...the Souths largest city. Not since the late...subjugation of the Southern states." Diarist Mary...the breakup of the United States would be good "riddance...eighteen Northern states and the legislatures...
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Gen. Hood Unlucky in Battle, Unlucky in Love
Newspaper article by David J. Bean; The Washington Times, October 7, 2000
...march out of the city. The group included...moved into that state. Though Hood...R. Cleburne, States Rights Gist...units north and united with Thomas at...made its way to Corinth, Miss., where...at Pennsylvania State University, 814...Courthouse in Ellicott City to honor the Confederate...issues (slavery, states rights) of a...
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encyclopedia articles on: Corinth City United States  - 7 results

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Corinth , City, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CORINTH , city, United States city (1990 pop. 11,820), seat...prepared foods. During the Civil War, Corinth was a strategic railroad center, abandoned...fighting there, Oct. 3 4, 1862. Corinth National Cemetery (est. 1866) has...
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Mississippi , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...MISSISSIPPI , state, United States mis sip e...states of the United States. It is bordered...and largest city, Jackson...1817 (20th state). Highest...cm). The state, in the...several resort cities and part...and largest city. Other important cities are Biloxi...more rural states in the Union...
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Greece
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the head of state, is elected...articles on the cities, e.g., Athens, Sparta , Corinth , and Thebes...developed the city-state small settlements...separate city-states, from the...where the city-states were...independence, the cities developed separately...were poorly united in the Persian...of Greece to Corinth and Thebes...
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Olympic Games
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...honor of Zeus in the city of Olympia for four...the Isthmian at Corinth, and the Nemean...nationalistic in spirit; states were said to have...and in their home city-states male champions...have been held in cities throughout the world...rivalry between the United States and the Soviet...Games to Salt Lake City, Utah, and in the...
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Sills, Beverly
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...toured extensively in the United States and Europe before making...1955) with the New York City Opera singing Rosalinda...Pamira in Rossinis Siege of Corinth, the role in which she...director of the New York City Opera (1979 89), chairwoman...
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