First tastes of FREEDOM for the Blacks.

Corinth Mississippi, although a "small" somewhat insignificant town today is truly HISTORIC! After the Emancipation Proclamation was given by Abraham Lincoln on January 1st, 1863 this little Mississippi town saw the first glimpses of FREEDOM for the Blacks. A contraband camp was established at Corinth, Mississippi, and was considered a model camp by all who saw it. Corinth was a strategic rail center to both the Union and Confederate armies. Situated at
the junction of the Memphis and Charleston and the Mobile and Ohio Railroads, Corinth first fell into Union hands in May, 1862, when General P.G.T. Beauregard withdrew to the south.
On October 3rd and 4th, 1862, the Union repulsed a two-day Confederate attack and assured the continued Union control
of western Tennessee and northern Mississippi. The Battle of Corinth was bloody and claimed hundreds
of lives. But Corinth was not only a burial ground but also a birthplace—a birthplace of freedom for
thousands of blacks. It was HERE that Black people truly first tasted FREEDOM and worked tirelessly with Whites to move the Union forces toward an ultimate victory in the Civil War. There was NO SYSTEMIC RACISM THEN AND THERE IS NONE TODAY ALSO.