Posted on Oct 9, 2023
Battle of Perryville: Death in the Kentucky Hills
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ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) The 33d Alabama Vol. Inf. assaults the Union line near Perryville, Ky., on 8 Oct. 1862. (2) A Union marksman aims at an attacking rebel during the Battle of Perryville. (3) The 21st Wisconsin Vol. Inf. struggles to halt the advance of Brig. Gen. George Maney's rebels in a cornfield near Perryville, Ky.
(4) The 19th Indiana Lt. Arty., supported by the 80th Indiana Vol. Inf., fires on Confederates advancing south of Benton Road near Perryville. (5) Brig. Gen. Lovell Rousseau, a native Kentuckian, rallies men of the 15th Kentucky Vol. Inf. while fighting in the Battle of Perryville. (6) Confederate soldiers mourn the death of a fallen comrade after the Battle of Perryville.
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(4) The 19th Indiana Lt. Arty., supported by the 80th Indiana Vol. Inf., fires on Confederates advancing south of Benton Road near Perryville. (5) Brig. Gen. Lovell Rousseau, a native Kentuckian, rallies men of the 15th Kentucky Vol. Inf. while fighting in the Battle of Perryville. (6) Confederate soldiers mourn the death of a fallen comrade after the Battle of Perryville.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
This one is about 30 miles from the house. The re-enactment is this Sunday, Oct.14.
Bragg's initial success was mainly because his invasion from the Cumberland Gap was in an area thinly covered by the Union. However, Buell could move troops by river and rail, plus had ample supplies and reinforcements available. I would almost call the Battle itself a stalemate, but Bragg was forced to withdraw back into Tennessee because of lack of supplies and reinforcements.
When you look the failure at Perrysville, was Lee's plan that lead to Gettysburg any better? Even if Pickett had been successful, Lee's forces were low on supplies, ammo and reinforcement, while the Union could pull from all over the North for men and supplies.
Bragg's initial success was mainly because his invasion from the Cumberland Gap was in an area thinly covered by the Union. However, Buell could move troops by river and rail, plus had ample supplies and reinforcements available. I would almost call the Battle itself a stalemate, but Bragg was forced to withdraw back into Tennessee because of lack of supplies and reinforcements.
When you look the failure at Perrysville, was Lee's plan that lead to Gettysburg any better? Even if Pickett had been successful, Lee's forces were low on supplies, ammo and reinforcement, while the Union could pull from all over the North for men and supplies.
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The word, "rebel," is now being translated into "traitor." Treasonous Traitors are what they actually were and still are.
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
My great-grandfather who was captured at Perryville came out of Richmond's Libby Prison less than a year later in the last batch of parolees before Gettysburg saying, "The Confederate flag is a filthy rag to me!"
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Note if anyone happens to travel to the Perryville battlefield site, not too far away in Bardstown, KY is a civil war museum that concentrates on the civil war's western theater.
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I've read that 80% of all civil war battles were fought in what is now the soil the Commonwealth of Virginia. Couldn't have happened to a better man than Robt. E. Lee. His decision to become a traitor caused all of that. . . .
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Great share. Another strategic victory that resulted in ground lost and retreat by the Rebs.
I have no love for Buell, but I believe he was more effective than Washington wanted to believe.
I have no love for Buell, but I believe he was more effective than Washington wanted to believe.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
He had better competition on the home team West of the Appalachians. Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Thomas and even Grierson make it hard to shine in that theater.
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