Battle of Perryville

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The Battle of Perryville was a battle of the American Civil War. It was fought on October 8, 1862. Neither side won the battle.

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Origins

Origins Issues	Timeline leading to the War • Antebellum era • Bleeding Kansas • Border states • Compromise of 1850 • Dred Scott v. Sandford • Missouri Compromise • Popular sovereignty • Secession • States' rights • President Lincoln's 75,000 volunteers

Slavery	African Americans • Emancipation Proclamation • Fugitive slave laws • Slave Power • Treatment of slaves in the United States • Uncle Tom's Cabin

Abolitionism	Susan B. Anthony • John Brown • Frederick Douglass • William Lloyd Garrison • Lysander Spooner • George Luther Stearns • Charles Sumner • Harriet Tubman • Underground Railroad

Combatants

Union (USA)	Army • Navy • Marine Corps • Revenue Cutter Service

Confederacy (CSA)	Army • Navy • Marine Corps

Theaters

Involvement (by
state or territory)

AL • AK • AR • AZ • CA • CO • CT • DC • DE • FL • GA • HI • ID • IL • IN • IA • KS • KY • LA • ME • MD • MA • MI • MN • MS • MO • MT • NE • NV • NH • NJ • NM • NY • NC • ND • OH • OK • OR • PA • RI • SC • SD • TN • TX • UT • VT • VA • WA • WV • WI • WY

Leaders

Confederate

Military	R.H. Anderson • Beauregard • Bragg • Cooper • Early • Ewell • Forrest • Gorgas • Hill • Hood • Jackson • A.S. Johnston • J.E. Johnston • Lee • Longstreet • Morgan • Mosby • Price • Quantrill • Semmes • E.K. Smith • Stuart • Taylor • Wheeler

Civilian	Benjamin • Bocock • Breckinridge • Davis • Hunter • Mallory • Memminger • Seddon • Stephens

Union

Military	Anderson • Buell • Burnside • Butler • Du Pont • Farragut • Foote • Frémont • Grant • Halleck • Hooker • Hunt • McClellan • McDowell • Meade • Meigs • Ord • Pope • D.D. Porter • Rosecrans • Scott • Sheridan • Sherman • Thomas

Civilian	Adams • Chase • Ericsson • Hamlin • Lincoln • Pinkerton • Seward • Stanton • Stevens • Wade • Welles

Aftermath

U.S. Constitution	13th Amendment • 14th Amendment • 15th Amendment

Reconstruction	Alabama Claims • Carpetbaggers • Freedman's Savings Bank • Freedmen's Bureau • Redeemers • Southern Claims Commission

post-Reconstruction	Disenfranchisement (Black Codes • Jim Crow) • Ku Klux Klan • Lost Cause

Cemeteries	Confederate monuments and memorials • National cemeteries • U.S. monuments and memorials

Veterans	Grand Army of the Republic • Old soldiers' homes • United Confederate Veterans

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