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The Battle of Perryville was a battle of the American Civil War. It was fought on October 8, 1862. Neither side won the battle.

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Origins

Origins Issues	Timeline leading to the War Antebellum era Bleeding Kansas Border states Compromise of 1850 Missouri Compromise Popular sovereignty Secession States' rights President Lincoln's 75,000 volunteers
Slavery	African Americans Dred Scott v. Sandford Emancipation Proclamation Fire-Eaters Fugitive slave laws Slave Power Slavery in the United States Uncle Tom's Cabin
Abolitionism	Susan B. Anthony John Brown Frederick Douglass William Lloyd Garrison Thaddeus Stevens Charles Sumner Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad

Combatants

Union	Army Navy Marine Corps Revenue Cutter Service
Confederacy	Army Navy Marine Corps

Theaters

Major campaigns

Major battles

Leaders

Confederate

Military	Beauregard Cooper Early Hill Hood Jackson A. S. Johnston J. E. Johnston Lee Longstreet Price E. K. Smith Taylor
Civilian	Breckinridge Davis

Union

Military	Burnside Farragut Frémont Grant Halleck Hooker McClellan McDowell Meade Pope D. D. Porter Rosecrans Scott Sheridan Sherman Thomas
Civilian	Chase Hamlin Lincoln Pinkerton Seward Stanton Stevens Wade Welles

Aftermath

Constitution	Reconstruction amendments 13th Amendment 14th Amendment 15th Amendment
Reconstruction	Carpetbaggers Homestead acts Ku Klux Klan Reconstruction era
Post- reconstruction	Jim Crow Wilmington insurrection of 1898