Perryville - The Fight For The Heartland

Perryville - The Fight For The Heartland - In the fall of 1862, after the great victories of the Seven Days and the Second Manassas, the Confederates began their only coordinated campaign in both the East and West.

The Confederate government hoped that this two-pronged offensive would bring the war to a quick victorious conclusion. Perrysville would end the South's best hopes of winning the war.