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Murfreesboro was a small town in the Stones River Valley, a former state capital named for a colonel in the American Revolutionary War, Hardy Murfree. All through the war it was a center for strong Confederate sentiment, and Bragg and his men were warmly welcomed and entertained during the month of December.
[7] In 1864 two experienced stone cutters from the regiment carved the inscriptions, including names of the regimental officers killed at Stones River and the earlier Battle of Shiloh. On the south face the stone cutters inscribed the words, HAZEN'S BRIGADE/ TO THE MEMORY OF ITS SOLDIERS WHO FELL AT STONES RIVER, DEC. 31ST 1862/ THEIR FACES ...
On the first day of the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, December 31, 1862, Rosecrans and Bragg both intended to attack their opponent's right wing. [18] The Confederates attacked first and drove back Major General Alexander McCook's right wing. [19]
Seventy-Third Indiana Regimental Association. History of the Seventy-Third Indiana Volunteers in the War of 1861-65 (Washington, DC: Carnahan Press), 1909. Attribution. This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.
The 32nd Indiana fought at the Battle of Stones River (December 30–31, 1862, and January 1–3, 1863). The regiment estimated its casualties at 12 men killed, 40 wounded, and 115 captured. The regiment estimated its casualties at 12 men killed, 40 wounded, and 115 captured.
The 13th-20th Louisiana first had to file through the farm, then move to take position on the brigade's right flank. When Adams' troops attacked, they became the target of four Union batteries. As the 13th-20th Louisiana advanced, it was hit in its exposed right flank by two Indiana regiments who overran and captured 78 Confederates.
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