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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.
War Department clerk John Tweedale (June 10, 1841 – December 21, 1920) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Stones River .
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 ...
Milton T. Russell (also known as Milton F. Russell, 25 September 1836 - 2 July 1908) was a captain in the United States Army who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor for gallantry during the American Civil War. Russell was awarded the medal on 28 September 1897 for actions performed at the Battle of Stones River in Tennessee on 29 ...
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 reports. [4]
George Washington Roberts (October 2, 1833 – December 31, 1862) was an American soldier who served as colonel and commanding officer of a Union Army brigade in the Army of the Cumberland during the American Civil War. Roberts was killed in action leading his troops to repel Confederate attacks at the Battle of Stones River in 1862.
Within a few months of the outbreak of the American Civil War, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant of the 18th Infantry in October 1861. He served with the 18th Infantry throughout the Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor on February 17, 1894, for his actions at the Battle of Stones River in December 1862.
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