Battle of Perryville
October 8, 1862
Here 16,00 Confederates under
General Braxton Bragg
fought 22,000 Federals under
General Don Carlos Buell.
Bragg, facing superior forces,
withdrew.Union casualties 4211;
Confederate, 3396.
Marker is on West 2nd Street (U.S. 150) near Buell Street (U.S. 68), on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
