Brigadier General Sterling Alexander Martin Wood, in dark uniform and staff . Just before the Battle of Shiloh, Wood's brigade (which
consisted of the 16th Alabama, 8th and 9th Arkansas, 27th, 47th, and
55th Tennessee, and the 3rd Mississippi Battalion, all infantry
regiments, including an artillery battery) was placed into Hindman's
Division, William Hardee's Corps.
At the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky October 8th 1862, Wood was wounded by artillery shrapnel while his brigade helped capture an artillery battery.
At the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky October 8th 1862, Wood was wounded by artillery shrapnel while his brigade helped capture an artillery battery.
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OCTOBER
8 1862, Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg launched an invasion of the key
border state of Kentucky hoping to divert Union attention from the
Southern strongholds at Vicksburg and Chattanooga, as well as to
encourage Bluegrass State volunteers to join the Rebel army.
Though unsuccessful in the last regard, the Kentucky Campaign did draw Federal forces out of northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee, ground it would take the Union almost a year to regain.
The largest engagement fought in Kentucky, the Battle of Perryville was a Confederate tactical victory, though the heavy fighting and bloodshed forced Bragg to retreat into Tennessee.
Though unsuccessful in the last regard, the Kentucky Campaign did draw Federal forces out of northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee, ground it would take the Union almost a year to regain.
The largest engagement fought in Kentucky, the Battle of Perryville was a Confederate tactical victory, though the heavy fighting and bloodshed forced Bragg to retreat into Tennessee.
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