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Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site is a 745-acre (3.01 km 2) park near Perryville, Kentucky.The park continues to expand with purchases of parcels by the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves' Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund and the American Battlefield Trust.
Portions of the battlefield of Perryville are preserved by the state of Kentucky as Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site. [76] Also the Perryville Historic District covering downtown Perryville includes buildings which had roles in the battle, including the Elmwood mansion which was pressed into use as a field hospital during the battle. [77]
The Perryville Battlefield is preserved as a state park, and is the site of a reenactment of the battle every year. [7] In 1961, Perryville and the surrounding area was made part of a National Historic Landmark area. In 1973, the entire town of Perryville, because of the contribution the village has made toward American history, was put on the ...
The Confederate Monument in Perryville is a historic monument located by the visitor center of the Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site, in the vicinity of Perryville, Kentucky, in Boyle County, Kentucky, USA. It was built in 1902, forty years after the Battle of Perryville, the bloodiest battle in Kentucky history, on October 8, 1862. In ...
Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northwest of Perryville 37°40′30″N 84°58′17″W / 37.675°N 84.971389°W / 37.675; -84.971389 ( Union Monument in Perryville
The Union Monument in Perryville is an historic monument located by the visitor center of the Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site, in the vicinity of Perryville, Kentucky, in Boyle County, Kentucky. It was built in 1928, sixty-six years after the Battle of Perryville, the bloodiest battle in Kentucky history, on October 8, 1862. There ...
Linda Blackford: Jim Hellard, 98, one of the Kentucky’s last living WWII veterans was first interviewed by this paper in 1946. Here’s the follow-up. A soldier, his Nazi dog, the Battle of the ...
Mineral Mound State Park: Eddyville [2] 541 acres (2.2 km 2) My Old Kentucky Home State Park: Bardstown: 285 acres (1.2 km 2) Nolin Lake State Park: Edmonson County: Park: 333 acres (1.3 km 2) Lake: 5,795 acres (23 km 2) [4] Old Fort Harrod State Park: Harrodsburg: 15 acres (0.06 km 2) Paintsville Lake State Park: Johnson County [3] Park: 242 ...