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The Skirmish near Farmington
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"Battle ground in foreground where occurred the skirmish near Farmington near Corinth." Farmington church near Corinth, Mississippi. Preliminary sketch shows soldiers tents in the background.
1862
Simplot, A. (Alexander), 1837-1914 (draftsman)
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Looking into Corinth from Farmington
circa 1862
A preliminary sketch of a landscape with partially drawn cannons in the foreground and tents in the background.
Magazine at Farmington
circa 1862
A magazine (storage, usually for ammunition) at Farmington near Grand Junction (Tennessee). Soldiers are working around a storage area dug into the raised earth.
Battery G, 1st Ohio Pickets near Farmington
circa 1862-04 -- 1862-04
"Battery G, 1st Ohio Pickets near Farmington". A picket (a detachment of one or more troops) shown in a woodland setting. There is a log building with a cannon in the foreground with several soldie...
Battle at Corinth
May 1862
An image from a sketchbook of the "[William Stark Rosencrans'] battle at Corinth." Corinth, Mississippi, May 22-30.
General Rosecranz / Battle at Corinth
October 3, 1862
"General Rosecranz and staff huredly [sic] erecting earthworks during the Battle at Corinth. The enemy driving in our lines." Men are on horses on a battlefield, and a cannon is on the field. Soldi...
Battle of Corinth
circa 1862
"Combined Confederate attack upon [Batteries] Robinette and Davis the attack on Battery Robinette being defeated and that on Davis resulting in the defeat and flight of our Soldiers and the possess...
