Battle of Chaplin Hills

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The Battle of Chaplin Hills, better known as the Battle of Perryville, was a major 1862 American Civil War engagement in Kentucky that halted the Confederate invasion of the state.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Perryville ⓘ
associatedWith Braxton Bragg’s 1862 Kentucky campaign ⓘ
belligerent Confederacy ⓘ
Union ⓘ
campaign Kentucky Campaign ⓘ
commemoratedBy Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site ⓘ
ConfederateArmy Army of Mississippi ⓘ
ConfederateCasualtiesAndLosses approximately 3,400 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
ConfederateCommander Braxton Bragg ⓘ
Leonidas Polk ⓘ
William J. Hardee ⓘ
ConfederateStrength approximately 16,000–22,000 troops engaged ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Boyle County ⓘ
date October 8, 1862 ⓘ
followedBy Confederate retreat from Kentucky ⓘ
front Western front of the American Civil War ⓘ
hasAlias Battle of Perryville ⓘ
hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Perryville ⓘ
impact ended serious Confederate hopes of bringing Kentucky into the Confederacy ⓘ
isMajorEngagement true ⓘ
location Boyle County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Perryville, Kentucky ⓘ
namedAfter Chaplin Hills ⓘ
notableFeature fought during severe drought conditions ⓘ
intense fighting around the Open Knob and Starkweather Hill positions ⓘ
partOf Confederate Heartland Offensive ⓘ
precededBy Confederate invasion of Kentucky in 1862 ⓘ
preservationStatus one of the best-preserved Civil War battlefields ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
river Chaplin River NERFINISHED ⓘ
scale largest Civil War battle fought in Kentucky ⓘ
significance halted the Confederate invasion of Kentucky ⓘ
state Kentucky ⓘ
stateHistoricSiteLocation near Perryville, Kentucky ⓘ
strategicObjective control of Kentucky ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
UnionArmy Army of the Ohio ⓘ
UnionCasualtiesAndLosses approximately 4,200 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
UnionCommander Alexander M. McCook ⓘ
Charles Champion Gilbert ⓘ
Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Thomas L. Crittenden ⓘ
UnionStrength approximately 55,000 troops engaged ⓘ
year 1862 ⓘ

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Battle of Perryville → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Chaplin Hills ⓘ