| 1817 |
Dec. 10, Mississippi admitted as the 20th state in the Union. |
| 1836 |
Feb. 9, creation of Tishomingo County, Jacinto county seat. Lands originally in the Chickasaw Session. Creation effective Mar 1 1836. |
| 1850's |
North boundary between Mississippi & Tennessee clarified by a possible re-survey resulting in a change in where the state line was located. Tishomingo County, Mississippi, lost some land back to Tennessee. Date unknown to compiler. |
| 1854 |
Railroad survey locates exactly where railroads crossed in Tishomingo County. Within a few months an embryo town developed called Cross City; then re-named Corinth. |
| 1856 |
Mitchell & Mask Survey of Corinth registered with Secretary of State. |
| 1861 |
Jan. 9, Mississippi seceded from Union. |
| 1861 |
Jan. 10, completion of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad. |
| 1861 |
April 12, firing on Fort Sumter, S. C., beginning of the American Civil War. |
| 1861 |
April 21, completion of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad at Miss. and Tenn. State Line. |
| 1862 |
April 6 & 7, Battle of Shiloh at Pittsburg Landing , Tenn. |
| 1862 |
May 29, Confederate Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard evacuates troops from Corinth. |
| 1862 |
May to June, Siege of Corinth. |
| 1862 |
June 1, Gen. U. S. Grant establishes headquarters in Corinth until middle of July when he removes himself to the E. F. Whitfield, Sr., plantation one mile south of Corinth. |
| 1862 |
Oct. 3 & 4 - Battle of Corinth. |
| 1862 |
Oct. 30, Major
General Greenville Dodge, 16th Army corps, headquarters
troops in Corinth, Miss. |
| 1863 |
May 26, the first regiment/company of the 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment of African Descent organized at Corinth. |
| 1864 |
Jan. 24, Union troops evacuate Corinth to headquarters in Memphis, Tenn. |
| 1865 |
April 9, end of the American Civil War -- Appomattox, Va. |
| 1866 |
U. S. Congress creates National Cemeteries. |
| 1867 |
March, passage of the U. S. Congress Military Reconstruction Acts. Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord directed the Mississippi-Arkansas district. |
| 1868 |
Feb. 1, deed for the land for Corinth National Cemetery sold to U. S. Government. |
| 1870 |
Feb. 23, Mississippi re-admitted into the Union. |
| 1870 |
Feb. 26, Reconstruction ends in Mississippi. |
| 1870 |
April, Tishomingo County split into three counties, Alcorn, Prentiss & Tishomingo Alcorn County receives several townships from old Tippah County. Corinth, County seat of Alcorn County. |
| 1887 |
25th Anniversary of the Battles of Shiloh and Corinth. |
| 1890 |
Nov. 1, Mississippi State Constitution adopted. |
| 1892 |
June 9, formation of the Albert Sydney Johnston Camp of Confederate Veterans. Committee appointed for memorial to Col. Wm. P. Rogers, 2nd Texas. |
| 1895 |
Congress Act to establish Shiloh as a National Military Park. |
| 1895 |
April 5, Grand Reunion of Veterans at Shiloh. |
| 1895 |
April 7, A. S. Johnston Camp monument erected at Waldron & Franklin Streets intersection near the courthouse block in memory of Col. Wm. P. Rogers and Brave Confederate Soldiers. |
| 1895 |
Aug. 1, Confederate Veterans' Encampment at Corinth. |
| 1898 |
April 24, start of the Spanish-American War. |
| 1912 |
50th Anniversary of the Battles of Shiloh and Corinth. |
| 1912 |
Aug. 15, Battery Robinett, unveiling of monument honoring Col. W. P. Rogers at Corinth's Confederate Park by the U. D. C. Unveiling of monument honoring 'Unknown Confederate Dead' by U. D. C. |
| 1916 |
Oct., A. S. Johnston Camp monument in memory of Col. Wm. P. Rogers and Brave Confederate Soldiers moved from Waldron and Franklin Streets to southwest corner of court square. |
| 1917 |
April 6, United States of America enters World War I. |
| 1937 |
75th Anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh and Corinth. |
| 1941 |
Dec. 9, United States of America enters World War II. |
| 1962 |
April & Oct., 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh and Corinth |
| 1987 |
Oct. 3 & 4, 125th Anniversary of the Battle of Corinth, with re-enactment. |
| 2012 |
April & Oct., 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh and Corinth. |
