Why Fight Here?
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Here in the quiet fields and forests along Stones River outside Murfreesboro, two great armies fought - and spilled the blood of tens of thousands of Americans in one of the most costly battles of the Civil War. Why here? The answer is found in tw
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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...
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
Murfreesboro, TN
Moving to Bradyville, 14 mi. S.E., the XXI Corps (T.L. Crittenden) advanced against minor Confederate resistance on Manchester, to...