The Battle of Perryville

Lions Led By Donkeys covers the October 1862 Battle of Perryville — Bragg's Kentucky invasion culminating in a confused engagement where commanders on both sides were out of position, fought over water sources, and an acoustic shadow meant Buell didn't even know a major battle was happening on his own front. The show's emphasis on command failure and absurdity works perfectly for Perryville, which is one of the war's great examples of accidental battle. Good sourcing from Hafendorfer and the standard Civil War military histories.