Military – Government
President Lincoln congratulates Grant on the recent victories in Mississippi.
Military – Union
Kentucky
Along the Chaplin Hills above Doctor’s Creek near Perryville is fought what will be the only major battle of the war on Kentucky soil.
Parts of Buell’s Union army battle parts of Bragg’s. Both sides will obtain advantages at times, and a strong Confederate attack is fought off ny troops under a relatively new commander, Philip H. Sheridan.
Due to an atmospheric phenomenon by which battle noise was not heard back of the lines, Buell did not realize until late in the day that a major fight was in progress and failed to get his full force into battle. Similarly, parts of Bragg’s army were still in the Frankfort area.
By the day’s end the Union troops who had been fighting had won at least a partial victory and Bragg’s men had pulled off to the southeast, ending the Confederate invasion of Kentucky.
Casualties:
Union
845 killed, 2851 wounded, 515 missing.
4211 out of 37,000 estimated effectives.
Confederacy
510 killed, 2635 wounded, 251 missing
3405 out of 16,000 estimated effectives
There is a skirmish at Lawrenceburg.
Virginia
There is a Union reconnaissance from Fairfax Courthouse to Aldie, VA.
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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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