Inscription
As Union soldiers crouched here behind the breastworks of stone and rail, a battered advance division retreated back across the river, pursued by General John C. Breckinridge's hard-driving Confederate brigades. Union artillery batteries firing from the
Location
AddressN35 53.299 W86 25.427
CityMurfreesboro
CountyRutherford
StateTennessee
Coordinates35.888317, -86.423783
Sources
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