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Battle of Perryville, 1862: Culmination of the Failed Kentucky Campaign
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by Robert P. Broadwater
Sales Rank: 1770534
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List Price: $49.95
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 207 pages
Published by: McFarland & Company November 18, 2005
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 078642303X
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0786423033
Book Dimensions:
10 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
Weighs: 1.1 pounds
Book Description
In 1862, the Confederacy launched a campaign to sway the indecisive border state of Kentucky. Full of blunders and missed opportunities, this operation served only to convince the Kentuckians of what they suspected all along: The Confederacy, for all its braggadocio, was incapable of holding the state against determined Union forces. Among the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, Perryville was also one of the most decisive regarding Southern hopes to take the war into Union territory.
Compiled from firsthand sources such as letters, diaries and regimental histories, this book tells the story of the South's ill-fated attempt to bring Kentucky into the Confederacy. From planning to completion, it details the military movements of both Union and Confederate forces, including the battles of Richmond and Mumfordsville. The main focus of the work, however, is the biggest battle of the campaign-Perryville. Here, inexperience on both sides and the lack of cohesive Confederate action turned what could easily have been a Southern victory into a disheartening retreat, forever relegating General Braxton Bragg, who had the makings of a Confederate hero, to the annals of military mediocrity. Appendices include detailed lists of Confederate and Union commands, strategic placement of the inexperienced regiments and Perryville casualties. Contemporary photographs and an index are also included.
About The Author
Robert P. Broadwater has written seventeeen books and more than 100 magazine articles dealing with the Civil War and the Revolution. He is the author of The Battle of Olustee, 1864 (2006) and Chickamauga, Andersonville, Fort Sumter and Guard Duty at Home (2006). He lives in Bellwood, Pennsylvania.
Reader Reviews
Here is an unneeded campaign study that has: ONE map of parts of Tennessee and Kentucky for the entire text, POORLY reproduced photos and illustrations, and redundant analysis in already short amount of pages. This is an insult to readers and I would like to have my money back. The author notes than when he started this book there was no available modern study of the battle available, but three appeared before he could publish his opus. All three are much better than Broadwater's study. These are Kenneth Hafendorfer's "Perryville, Battle for Kentucky," 1991, Kenneth W. Noe's "Perryville, This Grand Havoc of Battle," 2001, and Earl J. Hess, "Banners to the Breeze, The Kentucky Campaign, Corinth and Stones River," 2000. Don't waste your time and money with Broadwater, read any of these three.
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