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 ... Use the outdoor map to learn about the ...

maps, appends, online notes ... Lincoln called the battle (also known as the Second Battle of Murfreesboro), “a hard-earned victory, which, had there been a defeat instead, the nation could scarcely ...

or Battle of Murfreesboro (Confederate name), which was fought on Dec. 31, 1862, and Jan. 2, 1863. Previously, Federal Gen. William Starke Rosecrans (1819-1898) was admonished by Washington to ...

MURFREESBORO, Monday ... About fifteen hundred of our wounded were sent to Nashville to-day. The battle proper lasted for four days.

Left Murfreesboro Sunday morning last ... too weak to pierce his centre or drive back his right. So Wednesday's battle closed without a decisive result. We had captured, it is true, thirty ...