{"product_id":"decisions-at-perryville-the-twenty-two-critical-decisions-that-defined-the-battle-9781621906797","title":"Decisions at Perryville: The Twenty-Two Critical Decisions That Defined the Battle","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe largest battle fought in Kentucky during the American Civil War occurred at a small, crossroads town named Perryville. As Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate Heartland Offensive sputtered through Kentucky, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's reformed Army of the Ohio pursued the Army of the Mississippi and clashed with its rearguard just outside Perryville. Believing that he faced only a part of Buell's army, Bragg ordered an assault on the Union left flank which resulted in Confederate victory. However, that evening Bragg determined the Army of the Ohio outnumbered him three to one and quickly decided to retreat. Outmanned, outmaneuvered, and lacking supplies and reinforcements, Bragg retreated through the Cumberland Gap into East Tennessee, and Kentucky remained in Union control for the rest of the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDecisions at Perryville \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the critical decisions made by Confederate and Union commanders during the battle and how these decisions shaped its outcome. Rather than offering a history of the battle, Larry Peterson hones in on a sequence of critical decisions made by commanders on both sides of the contest to provide a blueprint of the Battle of Perryville at its tactical core. Identifying and exploring the critical decisions in this way allows students of the battle to progress from a knowledge of what happened to a mature grasp of why events happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplete with maps and a driving tour, \u003ci\u003eDecisions at Perryville\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensable primer, and readers looking for a concise introduction to the battle can tour this sacred ground--or read about it at their leisure--with key insights into the campaign and a deeper understanding of the Civil War itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDecisions at Perryville\u003c\/i\u003e is the eleventh in a series of books that will explore the critical decisions of major campaigns and battles of the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6878882\"\u003eLawrence K. Peterson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Univ Tennessee Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621906797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1621906795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036050\"\u003eUnited States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS027110\"\u003eMilitary | United States\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLARRY PETERSON retired from United Airlines as a Boeing 757\/767 Standards Captain and is president of the Rocky Mountain Civil War Round Table. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e Confederate Combat Commander: The Remarkable Life of Brigadier General Alfred Jefferson Vaughn Jr., Decisions of the 1862 Kentucky Campaign, Decisions of the Atlanta Campaign\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Decisions at Chattanooga.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Univ Tennessee Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701722812653,"sku":"9781621906797","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_95032750-16d0-450f-8827-988e02f65d48.jpg?v=1649952322","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/decisions-at-perryville-the-twenty-two-critical-decisions-that-defined-the-battle-9781621906797","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}