#214 PERRYVILLE (Part the Fourth)

The Civil War & Reconstruction

Richard Youngdahl

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🗓️ 6 November 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In which we continue our discussion of the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky), which took place on October 8, 1862.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to episode number 204 T.
0:29.8	I'm T.
0:30.8	I'm T.
0:31.8	I'm T.
0:32.8	I'm Tracy.
0:33.8	Hello y'all.
0:34.8	Thanks for tuning into the podcast.
0:36.8	Sorry we missed last week.
0:40.8	I was on call and had to work.
0:43.5	But we're back with this show.
0:45.5	And we'll pick up right where we left off with the Battle of Periville in Kentucky on
0:50.4	October 8th, 1862.
0:53.7	When we left off last time, it was 2 o'clock in the afternoon and the Confederates had
0:57.7	moved into position to attack the Federal left, northwest to Periville.
1:02.9	Braxton Bragg planned for the Rebel attack to be made in Eschalan, that is in stair-step
1:08.6	fashion from north to south, so that the pressure on the Union defenses would gradually increase
1:14.6	as each Confederate unit joined the assault until the Yankee line was broken.
1:19.9	Benjamin Cheedham's division on the north end of the Rebel line would kick off the Confederate
1:25.0	attack.
1:26.6	Some commanded three brigades led by Brigadier General's George Mani, Alexander Stewart,
1:32.0	and Daniel Donaldson.
1:34.3	Every regiment in the division was from Tennessee, except for the rookie 41st Georgia.
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