OldReliable1862
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Today on Adventures in Hair-Splitting:
The operations around Corinth in May 1862 have been referred as either the Siege of Corinth, or the First Battle of Corinth. My question is: was Corinth a siege in the regular sense; one large, albeit relatively bloodless battle; or a campaign with no real battles? As an example of this imprecision in naming, the Siege of Petersburg was not really a siege, hence why some insist on the term Petersburg Campaign.
The operations around Corinth in May 1862 have been referred as either the Siege of Corinth, or the First Battle of Corinth. My question is: was Corinth a siege in the regular sense; one large, albeit relatively bloodless battle; or a campaign with no real battles? As an example of this imprecision in naming, the Siege of Petersburg was not really a siege, hence why some insist on the term Petersburg Campaign.
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