Tishomingo Hotel

Tishomingo Hotel
Tishomingo Hotel in 1862
Location within the state of Mississippi
General information
Location	Corinth, Mississippi
Country	USA
Coordinates	34°56′03″N 88°31′17″W / 34.93417°N 88.52139°W
Completed	1859
Demolished	January 19, 1865
Technical details
Structural system	Brick
Design and construction
Architect	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

1. "The Old Tishomingo Hotel". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 1 Oct 2016.
2. "Corinth's Civil War - Tishomingo Hotel" (PDF). National Park Service, Shiloh National Military Park. Retrieved 1 Oct 2016.
3. "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. Retrieved 1 Oct 2016.