BCM’s NKY History Hour: What happened when the firing stopped? Aftermath of Battle of Perryville

After more than 7,500 soldiers were killed and wounded in 1862 at the Battle of Perryville, the largest and most significant Civil War battle fought in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the burden of caring for the injured and sick fell upon the town’s 300 inhabitants and citizens of other nearby communities...
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