The Fight for the Cedars
Inscription
1. The Union line was smashed by the Confederate onrush. Reserve troops rushed here to stem the tide. 2. Those Union soldiers, confused by the cedar thickets, fog and smoke, also fled. 3. Union infantry and artillery along the Nashville Pik
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