Corinth Mississippi - October 3-4, 1862

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Civil War Battle of Corinth Scientist Page The battle of Corinth lasted for three days from October 4 to October 7, 1862. That first day, was 94 degrees in the shade and the Confederate troops were on the offense. On the last day, the Unions flag was raised declaring its victory. The Confederacy retreated after losing almost double the Union casualties. The most common type of treatment during battles was the amputation. The amputation was performed when a gunshot wound was present in a limb or appendage mainly to prevent the spread of the decaying desease, gangreen, which occurs in less than two hours of muscle severance. It consists carefule cutting of skin and muscle down to the bone, which is then sliced with a medical saw (in the civil war, an ordinary saw was not uncommon). The skin was cut in a zigzag pattern so that after the bone was cut, the exsess skin was used as a flap to cover the remaining parts of the limb and were then stitched together. The defects in the Six-mule army wagons that made up the supply train were what stopped the Union from following the Confederate troops to a definite surrender. The Supply Train is a tool that was used back then to transport goods, order, information, and on very rare occasions, letters. The average supply train was composed of about ten or eleven army wagons and about nine armed soldiers. Mule saddles and reigns were designed for maximum speed, and were set up in such a way that if one mule should fall or give way the others could quickly regain control.

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