MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · October 8
THE DAY IN HISTORY · OCTOBER 8
October 8 in history
1862 — Perryville
8 Oct 1862 — Bragg’s invasion of Kentucky — the Confederacy’s western bid for the border states — is fought to a bloody draw and turned back south. Kentucky, like Maryland, does not rise.
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