Historic Sites in Parksville, KY

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Although Constitution Square Historic Site is one of the smallest state parks, it looms large in the hist...

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On October 8, 1862, cannon explosions shattered the rural peace of this tranquil countryside and the death moans of you...

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1st school for the deaf in Kentucky.

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(obverse) Karrick-Parks House Bivouac for Confederate troops on Oct. 7, 1862, night before Battle of Perryville. Karr...

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Burial site of Ephraim McDowell, the father of modern surgery. His family moved here from Va. in 1784. He studied med...

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As Maney?s Confederates reached the top of this hill they watched the fleeing Union soldiers retreat into the valley ...

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The Battle of Perryville In the summer of 1862, Confederate General Braxton Bragg?s Army of the Mississippi invaded K...

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About 4 PM on October 8, Colonel Samuel Powell was ordered to move his brigade westward and discover how many Federal...

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(base) Dedicated to the memory of Sgt. Harris B. Cope Company G 16th Tennessee Infantry who fell in the fields ahead ...

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October 8, 1862 Here 16,00 Confederates under General Braxton Bragg fought 22,000 Federals under General Don Carlos B...

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In this block a thriving African American business district stood for over 100 years. Restaurants, barber and beauty ...

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When Donelson’s shattered regiments reached this position, nearly half of his men had been killed and wounded. Desp...

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Maney?s Confederates immediately discovered the lethal danger of attacking the eight Union cannon on top of the ridge...

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The Confederate Army?s advance into Kentucky in 1862 was initiated to relieve Tennessee of Union control, to align th...

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Before the Confederate infantry attacked, the Southern army tried to weaken the Federal position by bombarding the Un...

Constitution Square State Park