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The Battle of Perryville was a battle of the American Civil War. It was fought on October 8, 1862. Neither side won the battle.


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  • ATLAS OR KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE

    Kentucky-Tennessee, 1862

  • Perryville 1400

    Positions of the armies at 2 p.m., October 8

  • Perryville 1500

    Attacks by Donelson, Maney, Stewart, and Jones (c. 3 p.m.)

  • Perryville Parsons Battery

    Parsons' battery position on the Open Knob, 2007

  • Starkweather's brigade at Perryville

    Starkweather's brigade fights in the cornfield

  • Perryville 1545

    Attacks by Maney, Brown, Johnson, and Cleburne (c. 3:45 p.m.)

  • Perryville 1615

    High-water mark (c. 4:15 p.m.)

  • Perryville Squire Bottom House

    Squire Henry Bottom's house in 2007

  • Perryville 1600

    Powel's attack on Sheridan (c. 4 p.m.)

  • Perryville 1745

    Defense of the Dixville Crossroads (c. 5:45 p.m.)

  • Perryville Confederate marker

    Marker for Confederate graves on the Goodknight property, 2007

  • Perryville Battlefield - Perryville, Kentucky (2012-11-05 by Navin75)

    Perryville Battlefield

  • KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN MAP1

    Western Theater: Movements April–August 1862

  • KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN MAP3

    Western Theater: Confederate invasion of Kentucky (August–October 1862)

  • Don Carlos Buell
    Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, (Commanding)
  • George Henry Thomas - Brady-Handy
    Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas
  • CCGilbert
    Maj. Gen. Charles C. Gilbert
  • Braxton Bragg
    Gen. Braxton Bragg, (Commanding)
  • Portrait of General Leonidas Polk, C.S.A
    Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk
  • William J. Hardee
    Maj. Gen. William J. Hardee

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