Rutherford
A Patriotic Pulpit
The Rostrum is beautifully located in a grove of native trees .
A Vast Depot
Murfreesboro, TN
"Nearly every house in the place is filled with government stores.
Anchoring the Union Line
...thousands of small arms kept up the roar equal to Niagara.
Army of the Cumberland
Reynolds' Division of the XIV Corps forced Hoover's Gap, driving a task force of Bate's & Bushrod Johnson's Brigades back to Fairfield, 5...
Army of the Cumberland
Murfreesboro, TN
Moving to Bradyville, 14 mi. S.E., the XXI Corps (T.L. Crittenden) advanced against minor Confederate resistance on Manchester, to...
Artillery Protects the Supply Line
From this ideal position, Loomis' Battery (1st Michigan Light Artilery - six 2.9" Parrott rifles and Guenther's Battery Co. H, 5th U.S....
Artillery Saves the Day
Murfreesboro, TN
Confederate infantry started to wade the river.
Battle at Stones River
Murfreesboro, TN
Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men -...
Battle of Milton
On March 20, 1863, a brigade of Union infantry took a position on this ridge and held off repeated attacks by General John H. Morgan's...
Battle of Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro, TN
1/2 mile north is the hillock commanding a ford over Stone's River.
Bragg's Headquarters
Murfreesboro, TN
(Preface): Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans led the Army of the Cumberland from Nashville toward Murfreesboro in December 1862, while...
Breckinridge's Attack
Murfreesboro, TN
1. Union soldiers were positioned on the east side of Stones River, threatening the Confederate right wing.
Bum Proof Stockade
Murfreesboro, TN
Those things [you see] inside the fort .
Chalmers? Brigade at Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro, TN
General James R. Chalmers Mississippi Brigade (CSA) advanced across these fields at 10 a.m. on December 31, 1862, to attack the Union...
Chicago Board of Trade Battery
Panic-stricken Union troops bolted out of the woods, closely pressed by cheering Texans.
Covered by Cross Fires
Murfreesboro, TN
To find such a wide break in a fort's wall seems strange to a person today.
December 31, 1862
Despite stiffening Union resistance, the Confederate tide swept on.
Fields of Fire
Murfreesboro, TN
At the end of 1863, more than fifty cannon stood ready to defend Fortress Rosecrans.
Forrest?s Murfreesboro Raid
Murfreesboro, TN
Surrender of the Union garrison took place about 4:00 P.M. Units surrendering were Gen. T. T. Crittenden and staff, detachment of the 7th...
Fortress Rosecrans
Murfreesboro, TN
The mounds in front of you are the remains of the largest earthen fortification built during the Civil War.
God has granted us a Happy New Year!
God has granted us a Happy New Year!
Hazen Brigade Monument
The Union army occupied the town, January 5, 1863, three days after the battle here.
Hazen's Brigade Monument
(Front): Hazen's Brigade to the memory of its soldiers who fell at Stone River December 31, 1862 "Their faces toward heaven, Their feet...
Living Under the Guns
Murfreesboro, TN
The citizens of occupied Murfreesboro had constant reminders of the powerful federal army entrenched here on their doorsteps.
Lunette Palmer
Murfreesboro, TN
Civil War fortifications were precisely designed.
Mary Kate Patterson Davis Hill Kyle
La Vergne, TN
Heroine of the South, worked with Coleman's Scouts and Sam Davis to spy in the LaVergne-Nolensville-Nashville area.
Mc Fadden Farm
Murfreesboro, TN
Union artilerymen on the ridge ahead of you repulsed Confederate troops, leaving 1800 dead and wounded here on January 2, 1863.
Mc Fadden's Ford
Murfreesboro, TN
As Union soldiers crouched here behind the breastworks of stone and rail, a battered advance division retreated back across the river,...
New Citizen Soldiers
Murfreesboro, TN
In the months after this fort was built, thousands of men from Middle Tennessee joined eight new federal infantry regiments.
Oaklands
Murfreesboro, TN
This antebellum mansion, begun about 1824 by Dr. James Maney, is located 1 1/4 miles N. on land acquired by Col. Hardy Murfree in 1789.
Parson's Battery
The most powerful federal battery on this field armed with four 3" Ordnance rifles and four 12 pdr.
Pioneer Brigade Earthworks
The trenches before you were built by the Pioneer Brigade of the Union Army of the Cumberland.
Redoubt Brannan
Murfreesboro, TN
... scattered about on the most commanding positions inside the [fortress] are four or five "redoubts" or small square forts, mounting...
Remembering Sacrifices - in Stone
"...around the spot where the monument was erected.
Sheridan's Stand
Here, General Phil Sheridan's Union division made a stand against the onrushing Confederates.
Slave, Soldier, Citizen
A tombstone can only tell so much about the life of a man.
Stones River
Murfreesboro, TN
A tributary of the Stones River is named after Uriah Stone, an early explorer and long hunter.
Stones River Artillery Monument
Murfreesboro, TN
On January 2nd, 1863 at 3:00 P.M. there were stationed on this hill fifty-eight cannon commanding the field across the river, and as the...
Stones River National Cemetery
Union dead from this battlefield and Middle Tennessee are buried here.
The Federal Rally Turns the Tide
Many of my Regiment got within 60 yards of the enemy guns, but were compelled to give back for want of support.
The Fight for the Cedars
1. The Union line was smashed by the Confederate onrush.
This "Precious Dust"
When the Battle of Stones River ended on January 2, 1863, over 3,000 Union and Confederate soldiers lay dead.
U.S. Regulars Memorial
(Front): In Memory of the officers and enlisted men of the 15th, 16th, 18th, & 19th U.S. Infantry and Battery H, 5th U.S. Artillery, who...
Wheeler's Raid around Rosecrans
La Vergne, TN
Striking this area about 1:00 pm.
Why Fight Here?
Here in the quiet fields and forests along Stones River outside Murfreesboro, two great armies fought - and spilled the blood of tens of...