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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

Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk

Maj. Gen. William J. Hardee

Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne

Brig. Gen. Daniel W. Adams

Brig. Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson

Confederate Order of Battle

Confederate Official Records

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

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

Union Order of Battle

Union Official Records

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