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ARMY OF THE OHIO CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL

ARMY OF THE OHIO CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: PERRYVILLE BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK-PARK ROAD

City: PERRYVILLE

State: Kentucky

Zip Code: 40468

Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

TERRILL’S, STARKWEATHER’S AND WEBSTER’S BRIGADES WERE ASSAILED BY CHEATHAM’S CONFEDERATE DIVISION AT ABOUT 2 O’CLOCK PM. THE BRIGADES GAVE WAY AFTER A FEROCIOUS AND SANGUINARY FIGHT IN WHICH PARSON’S BATTERY NEAR HERE WAS OVERWHELMED. THE THREE BRIGADES GRUDGINGLY GAVE GROUND UNTIL THEY FINALLY HALTED THE ATTACK IN THE EVENING.
LOSSES IN JACKSON’S DIVISION
KILLED-187, WOUNDED-682, MISSING-237
GENERALS JACKSON AND TERRILL AND COLONEL WEBSTER WERE KILLED.
LOSSES IN STARKWEAHER’S BRIGADE
KILLED-120, WOUNDED-477 AND MISSING-109


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