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The Battle of Perryville was important because the Confederates actually won, but retreated the night after the battle to Tennessee because they did not want to continue to fight for a state (Kentucky) that did not support them.

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What battlefield was launched to free Kentucky?

The Battle of Perryville as part of the Confederate Heartland Offensive also known as the Kentucky Campaign.


Why the battle of Perryville was fought?

ANSWER On Oct.1,1862 the Union Army under Gen. Buell set out from Louisville marching southeast against Bragg's Confederate Army standing at Bardstown. The Confederates fell back toward Perryville, where on Oct. 8th the homonymous battle took place. It was part of the campaign fought for the control of Eastern Tennessee.


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The decisive Union victory at Perryville made the Confederate Army under Braxton Bragg give up the invasion of Kentucky and retreat in Tennessee, taking position at Murfresborough.


Where is the Perryville Battlefield Preservation Association Inc in Perryville Kentucky located?

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What were some early conflicts of Kentucky?

on battle fought during the civil war war was the battle of middle creek, around prestonsburg,KY, the largest was the battle of perryville, during the, you guessed it, civil war


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length of thime the perryville lasted  


Which battlefield was launched in 1862 to free Kentucky?

The Battles of Perryville (also known as the Battle of Chaplin Hills) and the Battle of Mill Springs (also known as the Battle of Fishing Creek and the Battle of Logan's Cross Roads) were part of the Confederate Heartland Offensive (also called the Kentucky Campaign) involving the Confederate Army of the Mississippi's effort to retake the border state of Kentucky. While the Confederates won the bigger and much later battle at Perryville and lost the much smaller battle of Mill Springs it was in fact a strategic Union victory because the Army of Mississippi was forced to withdraw through the Cumberland Gap into East Tennessee..


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The battle of Perryville, fought October 8, 1862 was the bloodiest battle fought in Kentucky during the US Civil War. There were over 7000 men killed, wounded or missing from both sides. It was fought during the Confederate Overland Campaign of 1862.


Where was the unknown confederate memorial built?

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