Battle of Perryville

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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KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE (1861-65).
Western Theater: operations from the Siege of Corinth through the Kentucky Campaign* Confederate* Union
Positions of the armies at 2 p.m., October 8
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Attacks by Donelson, Maney, Stewart, and Jones (c. 3 p.m.)
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Parsons' battery position on the Open Knob, 2007
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Starkweather's brigade fights in the cornfield
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Attacks by Maney, Brown, Johnson, and Cleburne (c. 3:45 p.m.)
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High-water mark (c. 4:15 p.m.)
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Squire Henry Bottom's house in 2007
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Powel's attack on Sheridan (c. 4 p.m.)