Tishomingo Hotel
Building in Mississippi, USA
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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.
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| Tishomingo Hotel | |
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Tishomingo Hotel in 1862 | |
  Location within Mississippi  Tishomingo Hotel (the United States) | |
| General information | |
| Location | Corinth, Mississippi, USA |
| Coordinates | 34°56′03″N 88°31′17″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] | |
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]