American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.

The Battle of Perryville, also known as the Battle of Chaplin Hills, was fought on October 8, 1862, in the Chaplin Hills west of Perryville, Kentucky, as the culmination of the Confederate Heartland Offensive during the American Civil War. Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi initially won a tactical victory against primarily a single corps of Maj.

Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Union Army of the Ohio. The battle is considered a strategic Union victory, sometimes called the Battle for Kentucky, since Bragg withdrew to Tennessee soon thereafter. The Union retained control of the critical border state of Kentucky for the remainder of the war.

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Harpers-perryville-battle (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
ATLAS OR KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE
ATLAS OR KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
ACW Western Theater May - October 1862
ACW Western Theater May - October 1862 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN MAP1 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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Sources and further reading: Wikipedia — Battle of Perryville, American Civil War (CC BY-SA). Images: Wikimedia Commons.