Died At Big Springs Near Corinth, Mississippi

Map of the country between Monterey, Tenn: & Corinth, Miss: showing the lines of entrenchments made & the routes followed by the U.S. forces under the command of Maj. Genl. Halleck, U.S. Army, in their advance upon Corinth in May 1862:

"On June 8...general orders were received to fall back in the direction of Corinth...taking up our quarters about four miles south of that place in a large piece of woods, which was termed 'Camp Big Springs,' taking its name from a monster spring of ice-cold water which gurgled from the hillside in that vicinity. Aside from this one lone spring, however, water was exceedingly scarce and very difficult to obtain." [Source]


Kinney,Michael, Ypsilanti. Enlisted in company A, Fourteenth Infantry, Dec. 31, 1861,at Ypsilanti, for 3 years, age 43. Mustered Jan. 7, 1862.  Died of disease at Big Springs, Miss., July 10, 1862. [Source]