At the Battle of Perryville, the 79th Pennsylvania Infantry endured severe losses in fighting on these fields, with 40 killed, 146 wounded, and 30 missing, more than fifty percent of the regiment. Among the casualties was William Woodward of Company D, who was hit in the left side by a Confederate buck and ball round, shot through the chest, and lost a finger and part of an ear. With his canteen empty, Woodward lay near here for more than ten hours, thirsty and bleeding from multiple wounds until late that night, when a Confederate soldier from the 41st Georgia found him and gave him water. After discovering that Woodward's canteen was empty, the Confederate gave Woodward his full canteen, took the empty one, and departed. Woodward survived the battle and the war.