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Julius Peter Garesché (April 26, 1821 – December 31, 1862), birth name "Julio Pedro Garesché de Rocher", was an American professional soldier. He was killed at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee during the American Civil War.
Roberts died moments after ordering that he be tied onto his horse to lead yet another counterattack. He was the last of Sheridan's three brigade commanders to die at Stones River—Colonel Frederick Schaefer and Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill had been killed earlier that day. Roberts' brigade suffered 566 casualties, but the Army of the ...
The 0.84-acre site was acquired by the War Department in 1875 and before 1930 was administered under the authority of the superintendent of the Stones River National Cemetery. During this period the monument suffered "periods of neglect and deterioration."
Stones River National Cemetery in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Within park boundaries is Stones River National Cemetery, [ 11 ] 20.09 acres (81,300 m 2 ) with 6,850 interments (2562 unidentified). Just outside the cemetery proper is the Hazen Brigade Monument (1863), the oldest surviving American Civil War monument standing in its original location.
The 600 acre (2.4 km 2) National Battlefield includes Stones River National Cemetery, established in 1865, with more than 6,000 Union graves. [40] The American Battlefield Trust and its partners have acquired and preserved 74 acres (0.30 km 2 ) of the battlefield, some of which has been sold to the National Park Service and incorporated into ...
Composed of 12 tracks, the album is the band’s first new music in 18 years, and their first since the death of drummer Charlie Watts in 2021, though he plays on two tracks they recorded two ...
A Washington, D.C. man has been charged with murder after police say he stabbed his grandmother to death and then texted a photograph of her dead body to other family members last Friday ...
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Frederick Phisterer, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 31 December 1862, while serving with 18th U.S. Infantry, in action at Stone River, Tennessee.