Perryville Muharebesi

Perryville Muharebesi
	Amerikan İç Savaşı
Tarih	8 Ekim 1862
Bölge	Boyle County, Kentucky
Sonuç	Konfederasyon taktik zaferi ; Birlik stratejik zaferi
Taraflar
Birlik	Konfederasyon
Komutanlar ve liderler
Don Carlos Buell; Alexander McCook	Braxton Bragg; Leonidas Polk
Güçler
22,000 düzenli	16,000
Kayıplar
4,276 (894 ölü; 2,911 yaralı; 471 esir/kayıp)	3,401 (532 ölü; 2,641 yaralı; 228 esir/kayıp)

Perryville Muharebesi veya Chaplin Hills Muharebesi, Amerikan İç Savaşı sırasında 8 Ekim 1862 tarihinde Boyle County, Kentucky'de gerçekleşti. General Braxton Bragg komutasındaki Konfederasyon Mississippi Ordusu'nun, Tümgeneral Don Carlos Buell'in komutasındaki Ohio Ordusu'na saldırmasıyla başladı.^[5] Konfederasyon Ordusu'na bağlı bir kolordu taarruzla taktik zafer kazandı. Ancak Bragg, savaştan kısa bir süre sonra Tennessee'ye çekildi. Kentucky Muharebesi adı da verilen bu savaş, stratejik Birlik zaferi olarak kabul edilir. Birlik savaş kalanında kritik bir sınır eyaleti olan Kentucky'nin kontrolünü elinde tuttu.

Kaynakça

^ Kennedy, p. 127. The entire Army of the Ohio (present for duty) was approximately 55,000 men (Cameron, p. 197, cites 55,261 men; National Park Service, cites 55,000). See in this article Opposing forces and Perryville Union order of battle.
^ Kennedy, p. 127.
^ Noe, p. 373.
^ Noe, p. 369.
^ During the battle, correspondence referred to the army as the Army of the Mississippi, deviating from the general rule that only Union armies were named after rivers. It was also sometimes referred to as the Army of the West. The army was activated on March 5, 1862, just before the Battle of Shiloh, and was renamed by Bragg as the Army of Tennessee in November. See Army of Mississippi.

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[1] Kennedy, p. 127. The entire Army of the Ohio (present for duty) was approximately 55,000 men (Cameron, p. 197, cites 55,261 men; National Park Service, cites 55,000). See in this article Opposing forces and Perryville Union order of battle.

[Kennedy127-2] Kennedy, p. 127.

[3] Noe, p. 373.

[4] Noe, p. 369.

[5] During the battle, correspondence referred to the army as the Army of the Mississippi, deviating from the general rule that only Union armies were named after rivers. It was also sometimes referred to as the Army of the West. The army was activated on March 5, 1862, just before the Battle of Shiloh, and was renamed by Bragg as the Army of Tennessee in November. See Army of Mississippi.

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