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Battle of Perryville (Indian Territory)
The Battle of Perryville was a battle of the American Civil War on August 23, 1863 in what is now Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
==Background==
Perryville was an important town in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, about half way between Skullyville and Boggy Depot. during the mid 19th Century. It was established as a trading post by James Perry, member of a Choctaw family, about 1838,〔( ''Oklahoma: A Guide to the Sooner State''. ) Federal Writers Project. p. 340. 1941. Retrieved September 21, 2014.〕 and was located at the crossing of the Texas Road and the California Road. The site is about south of McAlester, Oklahoma on U. S. Highway 69. A post office was established there on February 24, 1841.〔(Bryce, J. Y. "Perryville at one time Regular Military Post." ) ''Chronicles of Oklahoma''. Volume 4, Number 2, June 1926. Retrieved February 15, 2015.〕 It was notable as the site of the Colbert Institute, the Methodist School for Chickasaws, and the Battle of Perryville. 〔("Perryville." ) Blog Oklahoma. Retrieved September 21, 2014.〕 Perryville was a stage stop from about 1852 until the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway (Katy) built a line through the area in 1872.〔("Additional Notes on Perryville, Choctaw Nation." ) Wright, Muriel H. ''Chronicles of Oklahoma''. Volume 8, No. 2. June 1930.〕
The community was burned after the battle and no structures survived. The retreating Confederate Army soldiers also dumped a quantity of salt into the community well to assure that the advancing Union forces could not use the site.〔
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