The Battle of Perryville, also known as the Battle of Chaplin Hills, was fought on October 8, 1862, in the Chaplin Hills west of Perryville, Kentucky, as the culmination of the Confederate Heartland O
The Battle of Perryville as depicted in Harper's Weekly
Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, (Commanding)
Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas
William Starke Rosecrans was an American inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army officer. He gained fame for his role as a Union general during the American Civil War
Rosecrans, 1861–1865
Portrait by Mathew Brady, 1861
Rosecrans's principal opponent, Gen. Braxton Bragg
A romantic image of Rosecrans at Murfreesboro, January 2, 1863