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The Battle of Stones River, also known as the Second Battle of Murfreesboro, was fought from December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863, in Middle Tennessee, as the culmination of the Stones River Campaign in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
Stones River National Battlefield, a 570-acre (2.3 km 2) park along the Stones River in Rutherford County, Tennessee, three miles (5 km) northwest of Murfreesboro and twenty-eight miles southeast of Nashville, memorializes the Battle of Stones River. This key battle of the American Civil War occurred on December 31, 1862, and January 2, 1863 ...
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On December 31, 1862, the first day of the Battle of Stones River, Confederate General Braxton Bragg made a surprise advance on his left and drove the right of the Union army of Major General William S. Rosecrans back three miles. At that point the Union line was nearly at right angles to its original position. [2]
Regiment reunited in November 1862. Nashville November 5. Reconnaissance from Nashville to Franklin December 11–12. Wilson's Creek Pike December 11. Franklin December 12. Neal, Nashville December 24. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26–30. Lavergne December 26–27. Battle of Stones River December 30–31, 1862 and January 1–3, 1863.
The Stones River (properly spelled Stone's River) [2] is a major stream of the eastern portion of Tennessee's Nashville Basin region [1] and a tributary of the Cumberland River. It is named after explorer and longhunter Uriah Stone, who navigated the river in 1767.
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Stones River of the American Civil War.The Union order of battle is listed separately. . Order of battle compiled from the army organization [1] during the campaign, [2] the casualty returns [3] and the re
Map shows the positions assumed by the armies before the Battle of Stones River. McCown's division was moved to the Confederate left flank. For much of the war, the regiment fought in Mathew Ector's Texas brigade in the Army of Tennessee. In the Battle of Stones River on 31 December 1862 – 2 January 1863, the brigade was commanded by Mathew ...