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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP8M_mcfadden-farm_Murfreesboro-TN.html
Union artilerymen on the ridge ahead of you repulsed Confederate troops, leaving 1800 dead and wounded here on January 2, 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP7X_mcfaddens-ford_Murfreesboro-TN.html
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 fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP7N_artillery-saves-the-day_Murfreesboro-TN.html
Confederate infantry started to wade the river. Could they be stopped? Captain John Mendenhall massed 57 guns here. Shot, shell and canister rained on the attackers, costing them almost 16 casualties a minute. The Confederates could not stand the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP7M_battle-at-stones-river_Murfreesboro-TN.html
Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each other. Their bitter, three-day struggle erupted on New Year's Eve 1862.
To explore their stori…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP7G_waging-war-by-rail_Murfreesboro-TN.html
Locomotive and train arrived from Nashville today... The shrill whistle evoked hearted cheers from all quarters of our camps. It conveyed to us... that we are linked again with home and friends by an iron roadway over which may come plentiful rati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP7F_bum-proof-stockade_Murfreesboro-TN.html
Those things [you see] inside the fort ... this shape + ... are bum [bomb] proof stockades. The outside line is heavy oak timer hewn on 3 sides ... about 10 feet high. The timber is .. set up end ways and firmly secured .... The top is first cover…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP72_redoubt-brannan_Murfreesboro-TN.html
... scattered about on the most commanding positions inside the [fortress] are four or five "redoubts" or small square forts, mounting heavy siege guns, which completely command the lunettes and also the surrounding country. These works are all na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP70_battle-at-stones-river_Murfreesboro-TN.html
Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each other. Their bitter, three-day struggle erupted on New Year's Eve 1862.
To explore their stori…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP67_stones-river_Murfreesboro-TN.html
A tributary of the Stones River is named after Uriah Stone, an early explorer and long hunter. For centuries, the Stones River has played an important role in the lives of area inhabitants, first as an important fishing and hunting ground for Nati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP5N_braggs-headquarters_Murfreesboro-TN.html
(Preface): Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans led the Army of the Cumberland from Nashville toward Murfreesboro in December 1862, while Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg and the Army of the Tennessee occupied the town to protect the approaches to Chatta…