Tishomingo Hotel

Tishomingo Hotel in 1862

Location within the state of Mississippi

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Tishomingo Hotel (the United States)

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General information
Location| Corinth, Mississippi
Country| USA
Coordinates| 34°56′03″N 88°31′17″W﻿ / ﻿34.93417°N 88.52139°W﻿ / 34.93417; -88.52139
Completed| 1859
Demolished| January 19, 1865
Technical details
Structural system| Brick
Design and construction
Architect(s)| Martin Siegrist
Structural engineer| Martin Siegrist
References
[1][2][3]

Tishomingo Hotel in Corinth, Mississippi was a hotel built in 1859, used as a military hospital during the American Civil War. It was burned down by Confederate forces in 1865.

The two-story hotel was built in 1859 by Swiss architect Martin Siegrist. The hotel had a prime location, close to the railroad depot. In the backyard stood the hotel kitchen in a separate building, as well as a number of outbuildings.

During the war it became a military hospital of both contending armies. First as a Confederate hospital after the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862, and then as a Union hospital after Battle of Corinth in October the same year. It was later used as a shelter for escaped slaves.

In 1865 Corinth briefly fell into Confederate hands again, and the hotel was used as a supply magazine. When leaving town, the Confederate army under John B. Hood burned the hotel, in order to prevent the Union army from taking control over the supplies.[2][3][4]

## References

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1. ^ "The Old Tishomingo Hotel". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 1 Oct 2016.
2. ^ a b "Corinth's Civil War - Tishomingo Hotel" (PDF). National Park Service, Shiloh National Military Park. Retrieved 1 Oct 2016.
3. ^ a b "What happened after the "Yankees" left town?" (PDF). National Park Service, Shiloh National Military Park. Retrieved 1 Oct 2016.
4. ^ "There The Skeletons Lie: Corinth in 1866". Mississippians in the Confederate Army. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 1 Oct 2016.