W of Perryville on U.S. 150, Perryville, Kentucky. County/parish: Boyle.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000356.
2 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 1 contributing object.
Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site is a 745-acre (3.01 km2) park near Perryville, Kentucky. The park continues to expand with purchases of parcels by the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves' Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund and the American Battlefield Trust. An interpretive museum is located near the site where many Confederate soldiers killed in the Battle of Perryville were buried. Monuments, interpretive signage, and cannons also mark notable events during the battle. The site became part of the Kentucky State Park System in 1936.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123849125