The Battle of Perryville, 1862: Culmination of the Failed Kentucky Campaign

by Robert P. Broadwater

In 1862, the South launched a campaign to bring the indecisive border state of Kentucky into the Confederacy. Full of blunders and missed opportunities, the campaign convinced the Kentuckians that the Confederacy was incapable of holding the state against determined Union forces. Among the disasters was the bloody battle of Perryville.

Drawing on research in letters, diaries and regimental histories, this book tells the story of the South's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786460806
• ISBN13: 9780786460809
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher