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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVAL_sanctuary_Perryville-KY.html
As fighting raged, Union soldiers in Brigadier General William Terrill's brigade were driven from the ridge and the split rail fence in front of you. Most of these troops had never been in combat. This inexperience sometimes led men and officers t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVAJ_for-gods-sake-save-that-battery-the-38th-indiana-at-perryville_Perryville-KY.html
The 436 members of the 38th Indiana Infantry Regiment deployed here, in a cut cornfield, next to the 10th Wisconsin Infantry. These men supported Captain Peter Simonson's six cannon, which were located to your right. It was a crucial position; alo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVAI_donelsons-advance_Perryville-KY.html
When Donelson's brigade moved into this valley, they were met with a deadly surprise. The rolling terrain had prevented the Confederates from seeing all of the Union troop positions. When the Confederates reached this valley, they became trapped i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVAH_donelson-persists_Perryville-KY.html
When Donelson's shattered regiments reached this position, nearly half of his men had been killed and wounded. Despite the appalling casualties, the Confederate attack continued to the west. With Donelson's 16th Tennessee Infantry Regiment taki…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVAF_stewarts-attack_Perryville-KY.html
Wedged between Donelson's and Maney's brigades, Stewart's Confederates continued their advance. Two Union infantry regiments initially held this area, but Stewart's attack hurled them back. There was more work to be done. From the second ridge …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVAD_act-of-mercy_Perryville-KY.html
The Battle of Perryville was a fierce fight for the members of the 79th Pennsylvania Infantry. Fighting in these fields, this unit suffered 40 killed, 146 wounded, and 30 missing. This represents a loss of more than fifty percent of the regiment.A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVAC_starkweathers-hill_Perryville-KY.html
As Union Colonel John Starkweather stood on this hill, watching Terrill's brigade retreat, he realized the importance of his position. With its twelve cannon, Starkweather's brigade stood as the only Federal defense between the attacking Confedera…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVAA_starkweathers-hill_Perryville-KY.html
Their faces and hands begrimed from the smoke of battle, and their ears ringing with the constant ripping of musketry, Starkweather's shattered brigade retreated to the ridge in front of you. They had saved several cannon, pushing them back to a n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVA9_the-cornfield_Perryville-KY.html
During the Battle of Perryville, a field of ten-foot high cornstalks, brown and dry from a severe drought, covered this valley. Obscured among the corn, 800 members of the 21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment waited. In the army for less than a month,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVA8_defense-of-parsons-ridge_Perryville-KY.html
As Maney's Confederates reached the top of this hill they watched the fleeing Union soldiers retreat into the valley in front of you. The Southerners had lost hundreds of men killed and wounded during the fight to take this ridge, and their hearts…
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