Battle of Perryville

Wars and Battles, October 8, 1862

In the late summer of 1862, the Confederate forces continued their effort to control Border State areas. Braxton Bragg led his Army of Tennessee from Chattanooga into neighboring Kentucky. On the 8th of October, 1862, the invading force was met by Major General Don Carlos Buell near the small community of Perryville, about 10 miles west of Danville.

No clear victor emerged from a very confused battle, but the Confederate forces retreated to Murfreesboro in Tennessee. The South was again unsuccessful in prying loose a Border State from the Union. The Confederates employed 16,000 men in the battle, sustaining 3,396 casualties. On the other side, the Union forces consisted of 22,000 men and endured 4,241 casualties.

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Battle of Perryville: 21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment's Harrowing Fight
The Union army doggedly continued the march to Perryville in the heat and dust of that drought-stricken October. Rousseau's division left Mackville, 10 miles north of Perryville, early on the morning of October 8. Colonel Sweet was ill and rode ...
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Perryville Kentucky American Civil War Battle
Perryville Civil War in Kentucky American Civil War October 8, 1862 Confederate General Braxton Bragg's autumn 1862 invasion of Kentucky had reached the outskirts of Louisville and Cincinnati, but he was forced to retreat and regroup. On October ...
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Present 30 Apr 1862. JANES, R.F. Cpt - Enl 27 Jul 1861 at Perryville, AR. Wounded and captured at Port Hudson, LA and sent to MP at mobile, AL then to New York. Retired to invalid corps 31 Oct 1864. JOHNSON, A.M. Pvt - Enl 16 Jan 1862 at ...
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Wars and Battles, October 8, 1862

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