Corona Female College

Union soldiers hoisting the Stars and Stripes over Corona Female College

Corona Female College was a female seminary, located in Corinth, Mississippi.

The school was founded by Rev. L. B. Gaston in 1857. ^[1] It was situated in a three-story building. ^[2] The college had a lyceum society and the students published a literary magazine ^[3] which was known as The Wreath. ^[4]

Its main building was commandeered by the Union Army for use as a hospital during the nearby battle of Shiloh in 1862, as was the nearby Tishomingo Hotel. ^[5] The Union Army evacuated the area in 1864, burning the college's building. Corona Female College never reopened. ^[1]

See also

• Women's colleges in the United States
• Timeline of women's colleges in the United States

References

1. Mary Carol Miller (2002). Lost Landmarks of Mississippi. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 20–22. ISBN   978-1-57806-475-5 . Retrieved July 28, 2012.
2. Larry J. Daniel (June 12, 1998). Shiloh: The Battle That Changed the Civil War. Simon and Schuster. p. 68. ISBN   978-0-684-83857-1 . Retrieved July 28, 2012.
3. Jonathan Daniel Wells (October 24, 2011). Women Writers and Journalists in the Nineteenth-Century South . Cambridge University Press. p.  48. ISBN   978-1-107-01266-0 . Retrieved July 28, 2012.
4. "Corona Wreath". Charleston Courier. July 21, 1858. p. 1.
5. Ben Wynne (November 30, 2006). Mississippi's Civil War: A Narrative History. Mercer University Press. p. 66. ISBN   978-0-88146-039-1 . Retrieved July 28, 2012.