"Noe clearly has established himself as a significant player among national Civil War historians of the western theater."― Indiana Magazine of History This comprehensive effort constitutes what battle history ought to be."― H-Net Reviews "Noe has produced a model study that has comprehensively included a broad picture of military strategy and action as well as larger political issues. "Noe's scholarship is very good, his research exhaustive, and his ability to explain the course of events enhances the narrative."― Georgia Historical Quarterly "A model study that helps expand the definition of campaign histories."―Gary Gallagher, Washington Post Essential reading on the military events in the west, and a model for future studies."― Florida Historical Quarterly "Noe's study of this pivotal campaign will be the standard work on the subject for some years to come. "Does a masterful job of placing the Battle of Perryville, and Kentucky more generally, in the context of the Civil War and southern history."― Filson History Quarterly "A conversational, easy-to-follow style with vivid imagery, Perryville clearly sets out the battle lines and savagery that took place there."― Danville Advocate-Messenger Buffs and serious scholars alike will enjoy what should be the definitive work on this battle for some time to come."― Civil War News can offer the breadth of perspective and the innovative investigation that inform Noe's Perryville."― Civil War History
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"None of the professional works that touch on Perryville. "About as detailed as it can get regarding this long-overlooked and recently discovered Civil War battle for Kentucky."― Civil War Courier "Noe has authored the essential book on this battle."― Civil War Book Review It should remain the definitive work of the Perryville campaign for many years."― Bowling Green Daily News "For anyone seriously interested in the Civil War in Kentucky, Noe's books is a must buy. "Full of facts, details, and descriptions of the battle, but it also contains vivid descriptions of the soldiers and civilians caught in the wake of the battle making it interesting reading for not only the avid Civil War buff, but the casual reader."― Back Home in Kentucky "An indispensable source for an understanding of the events in Kentucky in the fall of 1862, when Braxton Bragg's Southern soldiers fought courageously to achieve what turned out to be the 'high water mark' of the western Confederacy."― America's Civil War "Awarded the 2002 Seaborg Civil War Prize."― He is the author of several books and articles. Noe holds the Draughon Chair in Southern History at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. The last chapter, unique among Civil War battle narratives, even discusses the battle's veterans, their families, efforts to preserve the battlefield, and the many ways Americans have remembered and commemorated Perryville. While providing all the parry and thrust one might expect from an excellent battle narrative, the book also reflects the new trends in Civil War history in its concern for ordinary soldiers and civilians caught in the slaughterhouse. Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle is the definitive account of this important conflict.
Braxton Bragg's Confederates won the day, Bragg soon retreated in the face of Gen. Some said the hard-fought battle, forever remembered by participants for its sheer savagery and for their commanders' confusion, was the worst battle of the war, losing the last chance to bring the Commonwealth into the Confederacy and leaving Kentucky firmly under Federal control. The climax of a campaign that began two months before in northern Mississippi, Perryville came to be recognized as the high water mark of the western Confederacy. On October 8, 1862, Union and Confederate forces clashed near Perryville, Kentucky, in what would be the largest battle ever fought on Kentucky soil. Winner of the Seaborg Award A History Book Club Selection