Oak Home - Corinth, Alcorn County, MS
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krsmith2
N 34° 56.212 W 088° 31.117
16S E 361311 N 3867094
A look at Civil War Corinth - through the eyes of wartime artists and photographers.
Waymark Code: WMHG65
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 07/07/2013
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Oak Home
A look at Civil War Corinth
— Through the eyes of wartime artists and photographers.
Judge W.H. Kilpatrick of Corinth had Oak Home built in 1857 by Tom Chesney, a local house designer and builder. Mr. M.S. Miller, a civil engineer working in Corinth shortly before the war, made this sketch in 1860, the only known Civil War vintage picture of Oak Home. Miller notes that a wood fence surrounded the whole block abd that the "fine house" was straw-colored with a yellow door bordered by sidelights.
Gen. Leonidas Polk, C.S.A. occupied Oak Home in 1862 until the siege of Corinth ended in May.
Corinth is part of the Civil War Discovery Trail
Date Installed:: 1970
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