Lavishly illustrated with period photography, reenactments, animated battle maps and rare works of art, this documentary takes you onto the battlefields of Richmond, Munfordville and Perryville.
Students will Learn: What Union army entered Kentucky to confront General Bragg's and Kirby Smith's Confederate armies, and why did they march to Louisville before it confronted the Confederate forces / Why it was important for Generals Bragg and Kirby Smith to inaugurate a governor of Confederate Kentucky / If it was important for the two armies commanded by Generals Bragg and Kirby Smith to unite to confront the Union army under General Buell / If General Bragg had enough troops in his Confederate army to effectively confront General Buell's Union army / Why General Buell sent his three Union army corps in four different directions in the campaign against General Bragg's Confederate army / Why General Bragg did not know where the main elements of General Buell's Union army were / How and why General Buell's Union army and General Bragg's Confederate army become engaged in battle outside of Perryville, Kentucky / The result of the Battle of Perryville / Why General Bragg retreated after the Battle of Perryville / If Generals Bragg and Kirby Smith used the invasion of Kentucky to obtain supplies and livestock for their armies, and, if so, were they successful?
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