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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.
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. [1]
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 ...
Battle of Stones River † James Edwards Rains (April 10, 1833 – December 31, 1862) was a lawyer and colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . He was appointed and nominated as a brigadier general on November 4, 1862, but his appointment was unconfirmed at the date of his death.
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.
The northernmost battle in the Civil War. July 28, 1863: Battle of Stony Lake: North Dakota (Dakota Territory at the time) D: Union: Dakota War of 1862: Sioux forces escape Union forces in pursuit. August 17 – September 9, 1863: Second Battle of Fort Sumter: South Carolina: B: Confederate: Union's massive bombardment and naval attack fails to ...
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. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Chickamauga and was held at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. He escaped from prison, was re-captured and again escaped.
Battle of Stones River Mrs. Adam Slemmer on February 18, 1861 Adam Jacoby Slemmer (January 24, 1828 – October 7, 1868) was an officer in the United States Army during the Seminole Wars , the Old West , and the American Civil War .