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== History == | == History == | ||
Corinth National Cemetery was established in 1866 as a place to inter the | 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 of unknown dead. | ||
Corinth National Cemetery was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1996. | Corinth National Cemetery was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1996. | ||