8. Two officers who fought at the Battle of Perryville were fathers of significant World War II generals. Simon Buckner commanded a third of the Confederate Army and the 24th Wisconsin Infantry had Arthur McArthur.
Simon B. Buckner, Jr. was killed in WW II and the Wisconsin regiment had the father of Douglas MacArthur. They were the only two father/son duos to ever receive the Medal of Honor.
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9. Perryville Battlefield has maybe the first monument dedicated to Confederate dead paid for by the U.S. government.
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10. Perryville State Battlefield Site was established on October 8, 1954, 92 years after the battle. By 1952, the battle site had deteriorated badly and the Perryville Lions Club rehabilitated the small Confederate cemetery and surrounding area.
They got the Kentucky State Conservation Commission to create a state park that opened on October 8, 1952.
--Old Secesh
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