Description Desperate to seize control of Kentucky, the Confederate army launched an invasion into the commonwealth in the fall of 1862, viciously culminating at an otherwise quiet Bluegrass crossroads and forever altering the landscape of the war.
The Rebel army was forced to retreat, and the United States kept its imperative grasp on.
The Battle of Perryville lasted just one day yet produced nearly eight thousand combined casualties and losses, and some say nary a victor.
Description Desperate to seize control of Kentucky, the Confederate army launched an invasion into the commonwealth in the fall of 1862, viciously culminating at an otherwise quiet Bluegrass crossroads and forever altering the landscape of the war