Fighting begins at Perryville over possession of…

October 1862 CE

Fighting begins at Perryville over possession of water sources on October 8, and as the fighting escalates, Bragg's Army of Mississippi achieves some tactical success in an assault against a single corps of Buell's Army of the Ohio.

Union troops outnumber Confederates 36,940 to 16,000.

Union casualties number 4,211, including 845 killed, 2,851 wounded, and 515 missing.

The Confederate force loses 3,396 soldiers, 510 of whom are killed, 2,635 wounded, and 251 missing.

That evening Bragg realizes that he is facing Buell's entire army and orders a retreat to ...

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Perryville Boyle Kentucky United States View →

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Braxton Bragg View → Don Carlos Buell View → P. G. T. Beauregard View →

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Kentucky, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) View →

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American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View → Western Theater of the American Civil War View → Perryville, Battle of View →

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