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This is really neat.  I will say, it is easier for you in Atlanta since obviously most of the battles were fought in the South. 

The next two I really want to get to are Antietam and Perryville. 

Antietam:
The bloodiest day in American History.  This battle is much less well known than Gettysburg mostly because it was a less comprehensive Union victory but it had a major impact on history.  For one thing, just like Gettysburg about a year later, this battle was forced by the Union as a check on a Confederate invasion of the North.  Secondly, Lincoln had already written the Emancipation Proclamation but he and his Cabinet felt that releasing it would reek of desperation unless it could be released after a Union victory.  Antietam was somewhat inconclusive but that was good enough for Lincoln and the Proclamation was released September 22, 1862 - five days after the Battle. 

Perryville:
This battle has much less of a macro-strategic interest but it has a personal connection.  My 2-Great Grandfather Joshua fought there.  It was his first action.  The 97th OVI had mustered in on September 1, 1862 at Zanesville and was then sent to a camp outside Columbus for training.  About a month later Confederate Troops under Braxton Bragg invaded Kentucky hoping to trigger a secessionist takeover of that state.  Union commanders in the area were short on troops so Joshua's and his unit's training was cut short and they were put on a train bound for Cincinnati.  Then crossed the Ohio River to Covington on a steamboat then marched South.  - side note -

If you've ever driven South out of Cincy on I71/I75 you know how ENORMOUS that hill is.  Every time I do that it amazes me that these guys did it in wool uniforms while carrying weapons, ammunition, food, etc.  I think I'd have gotten about half way up that hill and said "Why don't we just let them secede". 

Anyway, October 8, 1862 at the Battle of Perryville is listed on Joshua's service record as the first of his "156 days under fire". 

From what I've heard the annual reenactment at Perryville is one of the most well attended in the whole country largely due to the fact that it is one of the few northern battlefields so it is closer to all of the northern reenactors.  Since Joshua was actually there and he was a common soldier I also think that I could get a run of his diary printed up and probably sell them pretty easily at the reenactment. 

Strangely enough, I was just working on my family history and I had just seen mention of my 3rd great-uncle (James Madison Argabright) who was from Ross County Ohio- he was a soldier in the 33rd Regiment of the Ohio Infantry who fought at Chickamauga, Perryville, Lookout Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, and Jonesboro and was a part of Sherman's campaign.  His brother John was my 2nd great-grandfather and as far as I can tell John did not fight in the Civil War and settled in Nebraska in 1859.  His second wife Sarepta was my great-grandfather's mother.  My great-grandfather was named after General Winfield Scott - he began the tradition of handing down the middle name of Scott, so my grandfather, father, oldest brother, nephew, and my oldest son all have the same middle name.  At least they didn't have the first name of John like multiple ancestors did - try finding which John is yours, lol. 

Anyhoo, I have always wanted to visit some of the battlefields but have never made it back east to do so; they are on my bucket list.  Sounds like it would be a very interesting trip to say the least.  From what you said, it is entirely possible that our ancestors fought at the same time at Perryville-it's a small world, ain't it?

Supposedly this picture was taken blind. One of the survivors just stuck his camera out the window and pressed the button, in order to leave documentation of his own demise. 

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