Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site, Danville
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Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site is a 745-acre park near Perryville in Boyle County, 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. Additionally, monuments, interpretive signage, and cannons mark notable events that occurred during the battle. The site became part of the Kentucky State Park System in 1936. ()
Established: 1936 (88 years ago)Coordinates: 37°40'31"N, 84°58'11"W