Union Gen. Buell's army reached Louisville in time to prevent Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg from taking the city. He received an additional 30,000 reinforcements, bringing his total to over 60,000 to confront Bragg's army of 45,000. Needless to say, losing the initiative, and without obtaining assistance from fellow general Edmund Kirby Smith, Bragg did not attempt to take Louisville. Instead, the 2 armies will clash in a little more than a week at Perryville.
Although Louisville was was a strategic Union stronghold and supply route, the city escaped being attacked by the Confederate armies even once throughout the war.
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