[WhiskeyPapa]

Perryville was a Union victory.

That is just weird -- you touting this battle as....I don't know what.

Check also where the beginning of McPherson's text begins in the note you responded to.

The rebels had NO major success outside Viginia except Chickamauga throughout the entire war.

Walt

[billbears]

I realize it was a union victory Walt. And that's exactly what the documentation states. However, I would not define failure as the ability to almost reach the Ohio River by rail. Well, that is, unless we're talking about the ability of the union forces to stop the Confederates until Perryville

[billbears]

At Richmond, Kentucky they met, on August 30, a command of 7,000 new Federal recruits defending the city. In a one-sided victory, Smith's casualties numbered only about 450 while the Federals lost 206 killed, 844 wounded, and 4,303 captured or missing. Lexington, Kentucky was captured by Smith's forces, unopposed, the following day.

You're right, doesn't sound like a major success to me either. More like a resounding success