Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site — Attraction in Harrodsburg

This is the second time I've visited this site. The first time was about 10 years ago when I happened to be traveling through on a MC tide. I noticed the activity, and decided to stop, and enjoy. I happen to briefly meet Bryan Crawford, and his film crew of KET. Each year there is a battle re enactment and each 10 years, I'll call it a grand enactment. I study history, I study history from original sources only. It's so sad, and destructive that Americans, or anyone get their history from Hollyweird. Hollyweird, and the leftist media promote leftist ideology, not truth, or objective fact. There were brave, honorable men who fought on both sides of that battle. at the time that battle was fought almost half the population of the world lived under slavery, or serfdom. Hollyweird, and the leftist s always seek to portray the images of black slave, and white slave owner, Hollyweird doesn't include stories such as a former black slave in SC buying his freedom, and then becoming the largest slave owner in SC. The story of black slave owners in LA raising Confederate military units which included black, and white soldiers. That school books during that time often referred to the US as a Confederacy not States. Hollyweird never mentions that the greatest single promoters of the black slave trade was the black kings who lived along the sea coast who used the slave trade to become enormously wealthy, and entrenching their power by attacking, and enslaving nearby tribes then selling their captive prisoners into slavery. It's such a shame businesses, and elections are built on lies, and the...

My name is Rick Bradley, I am a retired/disabled Army veteran and former Sergeant of the 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment. I am also, the great, great grandson of Sgt Brison Shephard, who served with the 13th Kentucky Regiment, before his capture at Gladsville, VA along with an additional 100 plus from his regiment. Brison, spent the remainder of the civil war in three different Union prisoner of war camp's ie...Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, Camp Douglas, ILL and Fort Point Maryland and later released under the prisoner of war program where he returned to Good low Kentucky with his family to include his 12 children.

This is a terrific website and I thank the good people of Kentucky for maintaining this place of honor for our children and grandchildren to visit and remember the sacrifices made by some...

Amazing. We lucked out and arrived about 15 minutes before a guided historical tour - it was an hour long and only $10 for both of us and worth every penny. You can also walk the grounds and do a self-guided tour. This is a historically relevant location that should not be ignored. If history isn't your thing - the staff is nice, the bathrooms are very clean, and the wildflowers are just beautiful. No matter what, it is worth the trip. Yes, you might encounter ticks or other insects (we did), but it is outside so that is part of the experience - come prepared. There is a movie inside the museum if you don't want to walk the fields for the tour. No matter what, come learninate about this historical battle. Let us...