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Perryville Battlefield 153rd Commemoration

Perryville, KY 2015

Photos by Kathy Cummings

The Battle of Perryville, was the largest Civil War battle in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. More than 7,500 Union and Confederate troops were killed and wounded. The land where the State Historic Site is now located was originally the farm of Henry Bottom. It was Bottom who later buried thousands of Confederate soldiers on this land. Visitors could visit the camps and take a tour of what a soldiers life was like in 1862.

The battlefield at Perryville is known as one of the most pristine battlefields in the nation. Where other cities have developed around major battlefields, the sleepy little town that erupted with an influx of thousands of soldiers in 1862 remains much the same as it was then. The State Battlefield Historic Site continues to add acreage through the combined preservation efforts of many groups including The Friends of Perryville.