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| Posted: Tue May 8th, 2012 02:58 pm |
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I visited the Perryville Battlefield this past weekend. Due to a bad knee I was pretty restricted in seeing everything. But I was able to walk up and down Loomis Heights. I saw the 42nd Indiana marker which was pretty cool because I had 3 ancestors in that regiment. Standing on the very ground that they were on when the SHTF was pretty neat. I was able to move around some on the field but I know I missed a lot of the field. Imagining those fields full of about 10,000 casualties was something. I've started reading Perryville: Havoc of Battle. Reading the book and having gone to the battlefield gives you an extra sense of what was going on. I plan on making another trip back if my knee ever heals up. Anyway if anybody is thinking of going its worth it.
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| Posted: Tue May 8th, 2012 09:21 pm |
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ArtorBart Member
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Another Western Theater under-appreciated, under-recognized crucial battle. Finally getting its due becaus of Noe and others, including Civil War Trust. Art Bagley
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| Posted: Wed May 9th, 2012 01:27 pm |
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have not been to perryville in over 25 years. at the time it was rolling fields, 2 trailhead parking lots, maybe half a dozen markers and a type-written, photo-copied trail guide...
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| Posted: Thu May 10th, 2012 03:19 pm |
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Noe's book on Perryville is very well written. You feel like you were there. It was a real hellish battle that is for sure. Course I imagine all of the Civil War battles were. Only thing I didn't care much for at the battlefield is the shelter house right where the Confederate assault on Open Knob marched through. But its still a good place to visit.
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| Posted: Thu May 10th, 2012 03:53 pm |
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Mark Member
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I liked Noe's book as well, but I thought it needed more maps. Mark
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