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Battle of Perryville

Confederate Commander

Gen Braxton Bragg

Total Engaged: 16,000

Killed: 510

Wounded: 2,635

Missing or Captured: 251

Total Casualties: 3,396

Confederate Officers

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Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk

Maj. Gen. William J. Hardee

Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne

Brig. Gen. Daniel W. Adams

Brig. Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson

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Confederate Order of Battle

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Confederate Official Records

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October 8, 1862

Near Perryville, Kentucky

Also called Battle of Chaplin Hills

Union Victory

Total Engaged: 61,000

Killed: 845

Wounded: 2,851

Missing or Captured: 515

Total Casualties: 4,211

Union Officers

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Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. McCook

Maj. Gen. Charles C. Gilbert

Brig. Gen. James B. Steedman

Brig. Gen. Lovell H. Rousseau

Brig. Gen. Robert B. Mitchell

Brig. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan

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Union Order of Battle

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Union Official Records

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------------------ Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.

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