ARMY OF THE OHIO CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL
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
Location
Address:
PERRYVILLE BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK-PARK ROAD
City:
PERRYVILLE
State:
Kentucky
Zip Code:
40468
Details
Memorial Type:
Cemetery Stones
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By:
BILL COUGHLIN
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