Panelists talked about the Battle of Stones River. Lincoln Memorial University history professor Earl Hess talked about Confederate commanding General Braxton Bragg’s role in the battle.

This seemingly uneventful occupation occurred in the aftermath of the bloody Battle of Stones River (Union name) or Battle of Murfreesboro (Confederate name), which was fought on Dec. 31 ...

Some units straddling the Stones River. In some places the forces were just 300 yards apart. That night an anomaly took place as both armies prepared for battle the next day. Music was a major ...

An account of one of the largest, most interesting, and least remembered battles of the Civil War, Stones River, also known as Murfreesboro ... Daniel then uses two chapters to set the battle within ...

as well as the slaves freed by the battle, to construct a fortress that served as an occupation base and supply port for the remainder of the war. Many visitors to the Stones River battlefield ...

MURFREESBORO – Rangers with the Stones River National Battlefield are gearing up for nearly two weeks of activities to commemorate the Civil War conflict that took place there more than a century and ...

Days of freezing rain turned roads into mud and soaked soldiers to the bone at the three-day Civil War Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro on Dec. 31, 1863. For three days, more than 81,000 Union ...

$16.95 paper. ISBN: 1611216397 The “Hard-Earned Victory” at Stones River Authors Dunkerly and Davis offer a highly readable account of one of the most hard- fought battles of the Civil War. Lincoln ...

Stones River National Battlefield Park ranger Jim Lewis and Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area historian Antoinette van Zelm talked about the civilian perspectives on the battle and its ...

After being defeated at Battle of Perryville, Ky., in October 1862, Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg’s army went into winter quarters at Murfreesboro, Tenn. On the morning of Dec. 26, Major Gen.