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In these fields, a Union brigade commanded by Colonel George Penny Webster supported the main Union battle line. Webster's troops, numbering more than 3,000 men from Ohio and Indiana, were new soldiers who would soon experience the horrors of batt…
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After capturing Union Captain Samuel Harris' artillery battery, located behind you, Confederate troops led by Brigadier General St. John r. Liddell moved to this area to support other advancing Southern units.
Night was falling, and , as Liddel…
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Before the entire Union First Corps (numbering nearly 15,000 men) arrived on the field, this location marked the extreme left, or northern end, of the Union battle line. Six cannon commanded by Union Captain Samuel J. Harris were placed at this cr…
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Forced back from the hills above Doctor's Creek, the Union soldiers retreated to this position. Their lines were in chaos - regiments intermingled, the wounded were left behind and some panicked troops raced for the rear. Most soldiers, however, c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NUG_baptism-of-fire_Perryville-KY.html
The 500 soldiers of the 42nd Indiana were suffering from an intense thirst. Their canteens dry from a recent drought, the commanders allowed these troops to find pools of water in Doctor's Creek, located just in front of you.
The men stacked th…
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During the battle, more than 7,500 soldiers were killed or wounded. The town's 300 inhabitants were left to bury the dead, care for the injured, and repair their homes after months of post-battle occupation.
Perhaps no civilian suffered more th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NUE_squire-henry-p-bottom_Perryville-KY.html
In grateful appreciation
to
Squire Henry P. Bottom
who buried
these Confederate Dead
Dedicated by
The Kentucky Division
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Military Order of the
Stars and Bars
1985
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ATH_perryville-confederate-memorial_Perryville-KY.html
(front, south)Confederate MemorialNor braver bled for a brighter land, no brighter land had a cause so grand.
(side, east)On flames eternal camping ground their tents are spread. And glory guards with solemn round the bivouac of the dead.
Ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AQI_battle-of-perryville_Perryville-KY.html
October 8, 1862. Here 16,000 Confederates under General Braxton Bragg fought 22,000 Federals under General Don Carlos Buell. Bragg, facing superior forces, withdrew, Union casualties, 4211; Confederate, 3396.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AKG_kirkland-home_Perryville-KY.html
Near here was the home of Charles King and Caroline Purdom Kirkland. To escape the Battle of Perryville, they traveled with their 3 young children 10 miles south to the home of Caroline's father in Forkland. When they returned a few days later, th…