![]() ![]() The main focus of the work, however, is the biggest battle of the campaign-Perryville. From planning to completion, it details the military movements of both Union and Confederate forces, including the battles of Richmond and Mumfordsville. ![]() Compiled from firsthand sources such as letters, diaries and regimental histories, this book tells the story of the South’s ill-fated attempt to bring Kentucky into the Confederacy. Among the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, Perryville was also one of the most decisive regarding Southern hopes to take the war into Union territory. Full of blunders and missed opportunities, this operation served only to convince the Kentuckians of what they suspected all along: The Confederacy, for all its braggadocio, was incapable of holding the state against determined Union forces. In 1862, the Confederacy launched a campaign to sway the indecisive border state of Kentucky. ![]()
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