An 1857 Corinth mansion that served as headquarters for Confederate generals Braxton Bragg and Earl Van Dorn and later for Union General Henry Halleck—now a historic house museum.
705 Jackson St, Corinth, MS 38834
Research updated June 2026
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Guided house museum tours; see verandah-house.com for current rates. Phone: (662) 287-9501
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Historic antebellum home with stairs; Greek Revival architecture
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Est. 1857 · Civil War · Confederate Headquarters · Union Headquarters · National Historic Landmark · Antebellum Architecture · Siege and Battle of Corinth
The Verandah-Curlee House was built in 1857 by one of Corinth's founders as a significant example of Greek Revival architecture. Located on Jackson Street, it became one of the most militarily significant private residences in Mississippi during the Civil War's western theater.
In the weeks preceding the Battle of Shiloh (April 6–7, 1862), the Confederate Army of Mississippi used the mansion as its operational headquarters. Generals Braxton Bragg and Earl Van Dorn conducted planning and coordination from the house as Confederate forces prepared for what became one of the war's most costly engagements. Following the Union victory at Shiloh, the Confederates fell back to Corinth, which was then besieged by Union forces under General Henry Halleck. When the Confederates evacuated Corinth in late May 1862, Halleck occupied the town and subsequently used the Verandah-Curlee House as his own headquarters.
The house thus served both sides in rapid succession, a physical record of the campaign that swept through northeastern Mississippi in 1862. The mansion was deeded to the Corinth Library Commission in 1960–63 and later came under the stewardship of the Friends of the Siege and Battle of Corinth, a 501(c)(3) organization.
The house is the only one of Corinth's four antebellum homes in public ownership. It now contains a collection of Boehme edition Audubon prints, eighteenth- and nineteenth-century antiques, paintings, and replica Civil War soldiers' furnishings produced by Corinth's C and D Jarnigan Company. It is a National Historic Landmark within the Siege and Battle of Corinth Sites.
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The Verandah-Curlee House's place in dark tourism derives from its documented military history rather than reported paranormal phenomena. Generals Braxton Bragg and Earl Van Dorn coordinated operations here before Shiloh—a battle that killed or wounded nearly 24,000 men in two days. Henry Halleck occupied the same rooms after Corinth fell.
The building is embedded in a National Historic Landmark district encompassing the earthworks, batteries, and troop positions of the Siege and Battle of Corinth. That context—thousands of dead across a battlefield that now sits alongside suburban Corinth—gives the site its dark weight. The house museum's interpreted history includes the military figures who passed through, the wounded who filled Corinth's buildings after each engagement, and the strategic consequences of the campaign.
No primary source documents specific ghost sightings or paranormal investigations at the Verandah-Curlee House itself.
Notable Entities
Guided tours of the 1857 Greek Revival mansion, the only antebellum home in Corinth in public ownership. Interpreters cover the house's role as Confederate and Union military headquarters during the 1862 Siege and Battle of Corinth, and display period antiques, Boehme edition Audubon prints, and replica Civil War soldiers' furnishings. Open five days a week.
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