Perryville: Strategic, Tactical, or Unnecessary?
Abstract
The battle of Perryville, Kentucky is virtually unknown to all but the most informed Civil War buffs. Few people recognize the strategic significance this brief but bloody battle played in the Western Theater in 1862. Had Braxton Bragg's Army of the Heartland carried the day at Perryville the Union would have suffered an enormous set-back to the hard-fought gains they had achieved up to that point of engagement. The ill-fated invasion of Kentucky possessed great potential for Southern hopes, but ended in an inglorious retreat that placed rebel forces in a defensive posture they would never be capable of altering for the remainder of the war.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA283174
Entities
People
- Arnold W. Carter
Organizations
- Air War College