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	Battle of Murfreesboro III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Third Battle of Murfreesboro was fought December 5–December 7, 1864, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War.
		On the morning of the 5th, Forrest headed out toward Murfreesboro, splitting his force, one column to attack the fort on the hill and the other to take Blockhouse No. 4, both at La Vergne.
		The raid on Murfreesboro was a minor irritation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Murfreesboro_III (498 words)

	Reid's History of the 41st OVI
		Immediately after the battle of Bull Run a number of the citizens of Cleveland, Ohio set about raising a regiment, and the result of their labors was the Forty-First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which Captain William B. Hazen, Eighth United States Infantry, was appointed Colonel.
		Heavy firing was heard on the morning of the 6th of April, and at one o'clock P.M., after being supplied with rations and ammunition, the regiment moved for Pittsburg Landing, one company (G) being left to guard the camp and garrison equipage.
		At the battle of Perryville the regiment was engaged in skirmishing.
	members.tripod.com /~dmcclory/history/reid.html (3705 words)

	Murfreesboro - Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers
		The major objective was to strike Murfreesboro, an important Union supply center on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, at dawn on July 13.
		The Murfreesboro garrison was camped in three locations around town and included detachments from four units comprising infantry, cavalry, and artillery, under the command of Brig.
		Between 4:15 and 4:30 am on the morning of July 13, Forrest’s cavalry surprised the Union pickets on the Woodbury Pike, east of Murfreesboro, and quickly overran a Federal hospital and the camp of the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment detachment.
	www.terrystexasrangers.org /engagements/1862_07_13_murfreesboro/index.htm (537 words)

	Murfreesboro
		Shortly before the battle he had created a provost guard out of one of his best divisions under Parkhurst which was to retrieve many a straggler and save much of the wagon train (with the ammunition) the morning of the 31st.
		Battles are won in a general way by the aggregate force of all operations to which every officer who gives or obeys an order, and every soldier who fires a cannon or a musket, makes a contribution.
		While the army was at Murfreesboro', no firing of guns being allowed, the country remained full of rabbits, some of which during the battle, alarmed by the din, rushed swiftly past one of our regiments, which at the time was advancing under a heavy fire of musketry.
	www.aotc.net /Murfreesboro.htm (13867 words)

	ILGenWeb - Civil War Scrapbook - Great Battle Near Murfreesboro
		The battle was expected all day Tuesday, but the enemy merely skirmished and threw a few shells, one of which killed Orderly McDonald, 4th United States Cavalry, not ten feet from General Rosecrans.
		When the battle closed the enemy occupied the ground which was ours in the morning and the advantage is therefore in their favor.
		The battle was more severe at that hour than it had been, and the result was yet doubtful.
	www.rootsweb.com /~ilcivilw/scrapbk/murfreebattle.html (1876 words)

	Civil War Battles
		The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes simply referred to as the Battle of Spotsylvania, was the second battle in Lieut.
		The Battle of Stones River or Second Battle of Murfreesboro (in the South, simply the Battle of Murfreesboro), was fought from December 31, 1862, to January 3, 1863, in central Tennessee..
		The Battle of Vicksburg or Siege of Vicksburg was the final significant battle in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War..
	cybersleuth-kids.com /sleuth/History/US_History/Civil_War/Battles/index2.htm (262 words)

	BATTLES AND LOSSES
		At the Battle of Gettysburg, it lost 708 of its men, or approximately 85 percent of its total strength.
		During the Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River), the Union artillery fired 20,307 rounds and the infantry exhausted over 2,000,000 rounds.
		The greatest cavalry battle ever fought in the Western hemisphere was at Brandy Station, Virginia, on June 9, 1863.
	www.19thalabama.org /cwlosses.html (601 words)

	Battle of Murfreesboro :: The Patriot Files :: Dedicated to the preservation of military history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The enemy were posted in line of battle on the opposite side of a plantation from us some 800 yards and we advanced on thm through the open field under heavy artillery fire as well as musketry and our loss was very heavy in going through the field.
		At the battle referred to, we drove the yanks off the battlefield and held it for two days.
		Lights were made and the men having plenty of bacon and salt and a few cooking utensils the entire company cooked and ate most of the night as the potatoes was in good substitute for bread and they were the most cheerful set of men I ever saw.
	www.patriotfiles.com /article.php?sid=415&mode=thread&order=0 (1176 words)

	Asa Hudson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Battle at Murfreesboro, Tennessee on 29 June 1863
		Battle at Murfreesboro, Tennessee on 15 December 1864
		Battle at Murfreesboro, Tennessee on 16 December 1864
	members.aol.com /hudsonfamilytree/asa.html (399 words)

	8th Tenn Inf. CSA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Battle of Murfreesboro, the 8th's High Water Mark, 29 Dec.
		29 Dec. 1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, In the battle the 8th did glorious service, but at a heavy cost, losing 306 casualties out of 474 engaged, including Colonel William L. Moore (Commander) who was killed on 31 December 1862.
		In the Battle of Murfreesboro, the brigade captured 11 pieces of artillery and 1000 prisoners of which the 8th Captured 6 artillery pieces and 400 prisoners.
	home.mchsi.com /~Co.C.8th.TN.inf/hist_sgb1.htm (219 words)

	16th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment Battle Flags
		The use of distinctive Battle Flags was not unique to American Civil War Regiments as for centuries European Regiments had carried them, other distinctive insignia had been used from before the Romans.
		With the retirement of the 'Mountain Flag' after the Battle of Murfreesboro it's replacement could have been the 1st National as a Battle Flag, as many other units carried it as such and this was basically the same as the original flag.
		Battle honours could be found in the white border that surrounded the blue cross, written in fl.
	home.freeuk.net /gazkhan/tenn_battle-flags.htm (1511 words)

	Murfreesboro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Murfreesboro or the Battle of Stones River, was a battle in the American Civil War.
		Murfreesboro is the name of several places in the United States of America:
		Murfreesboro, Tennessee - site of the above battle
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Murfreesboro (116 words)

	The Battle Of Murfreesboro (Confederate View)
		With Polk's corps, the battle of Murfreesboro opened at sunset on the 30th of December.
		The striking feature of this battle is that Rosecrans, who led the attacking army, was on the defensive every hour of the battle, never pursued an advantage if it was won, in the actual fighting was beaten at all points and driven from the battlefield with enormous losses.
		He permitted three days to pass, after the battle of the 31st of December, without firing a shot, except on the skirmish line and to defend himself from the assault of Breckinridge on the afternoon of the 2d of January.
	www.civilwarhome.com /CMHmurfreesboro.htm (5146 words)

	The 47th Tennessee Infantry Regiment - CSA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It did picket duty at LaVergne for about two weeks; returned to Murfreesboro December 22nd, and was engaged in the Battle of Murfreesboro.
		Following the battle it remained in Chattanooga Valley until October 29, when it moved to Sweetwater, but returned to Missionary Ridge November 7, 1863, where the brigade was transferred to Major General T.C. Hindman’s Division.
		The regiment was engaged in the Battle of Missionary Ridge November 25, and retreated to Dalton, Georgia, where it arrived November 27, and went into winter quarters with no tents, and scanty rations.
	www.michaelragsdale.com /47th (1187 words)

	Civil War re-enactors take to the field - Monday, 10/20/03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Murfreesboro battle to be fought in Spring Hill
		Before the battle an important determination is made: who lives and who dies.
		Twenty of his family members died in the battle, which took place Dec. 31, 1862-Jan. 2, 1863, between Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate fighters and Union forces under the leadership of Maj. Gen.
	www.tennessean.com /local/archives/03/10/41138463.shtml (429 words)

	The Anderson Troop
		Some confusion existed on this point, even at the time, and among the members of the newly raised 15th Regiment, who thought they were enlisting in an elite camp guard, but instead found themselves a part of what amounted to a line cavalry regiment.
		Trouble was to come of this on the eve of the Battle of Murfreesboro.
		During the Battle of Murfreesboro, the Troop was actively and successfully engaged in orderly and courier duty.
	www.swcivilwar.com /AndersonTroop.html (627 words)

	Murfreesboro
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	www.factmonster.com /ce6/us/A0834485.html (240 words)

	Casus Belli Wargame verslag - A Battle near Murfreesboro
		In the end the result of the battle was very clear and in spite of that everyone had had a great weekend.
		As the day dawned on 30 December 1862, major general William Starke Rosecrans was anxiously awaiting the arrival of the third wing of his army.
		As McCook was directing the placement of his HQ the sound of fast moving cavalry came from the rear.
	www.casusbelli.nl /2000_murfreesboro.html (2151 words)

	Murfreesboro and the Mutiny - The 15th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry - The Anderson Cavalry
		The story of the Anderson cavalry’s activities in connection with the Battle of Murfreesboro (or Stones River) is really two separate stories.
		These articles and descriptions are eye witness accounts of several members of the regiment who participated in the fight, or were otherwise involved directly.They come from a History of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry which was compiled and edited by Charles H. Kirk, and published in 1906.
		The Mutiny of the Anderson Cavalry on the eve of the Battle of Murfreesboro, from late December of 1862 to early January of 1863, is certainly one of the most interesting episodes in the history of the regiment.
	www.swcivilwar.com /15Mutiny.html (801 words)

	Battle of Murfreesboro
		While Swede and I were making a little coffee during this stop, a young lady and her mother came out of their house to see us and the boys.
		We were dead tired when we got outside of Murfreesboro, but there was no rest waiting for us there.
		Some of the yankee pickets had been captured and we found out from them that they had no idea we were upon them.
	justrightdomains.com /Rentals/battle.htm (1622 words)

	Civil War at Decades.com [Battle: Murfreesboro] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		District of Tennessee (forces in Murfreesboro area; approx.
		On December 2, Hood had ordered Bate to destroy the railroad and blockhouses between Murfreesboro and Nashville and join Forrest for further operations; on December 4, Bate's division attacked Blockhouse No. 7 protecting the railroad crossing at Overall Creek, but Union forces fought it off.
		Outside La Vergne, Forrest hooked up with Bate's division and the command advanced on to Murfreesboro along two roads, driving the Yankees into their Fortress Rosencrans fortifications, and encamped in the city outskirts for the night.
	www.decades.com /CivilWar/Battles/tn037.htm (426 words)

	Battle Summary: Stones River, TN
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		Description: After Gen. Braxton Bragg’s defeat at Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862, he and his Confederate Army of the Mississippi retreated, reorganized, and were redesignated as the Army of Tennessee.
		They then advanced to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and prepared to go into winter quarters.
	www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/tn010.htm (347 words)

	Stones River National Battlefield - Stones River National Battlefield (U.S. National Park Service)
		The Battle of Stones River began on the last day of 1862 and was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Civil War.
		The battle produced important military and political gains for the Union, and it changed forever the people who lived and fought here.
		Joeseph Palmer, who commanded a Confederate brigade during the Battle of Stones River, had been the mayor of Murfreesboro prior to the outbreak of war.
	www.nps.gov /stri (206 words)

	Battle of Nashville / Civil War Sites
		There are, however, several historic sites relating directly or indirectly to the battle and the period of Union occupation of the city during the war.
		Relocated in 1999, the refurbished monument is one of the few dedicated to the fighting men of both sides of the war.
		Large two-day battle on Tennessee River in April 1862 in which CSA Gen. Johnston killed, Grant barely survives.
	www.bonps.org /tour/tour.htm (643 words)

	[36.0] December 1862 (4): Things Is Workin'
		The result was a collision near the town of Murfreesboro that was one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
		The land around Murfreesboro seemed straightforward on a map: Stone's River snaked in a winding way from southwest to northeast about a mile to the west of the town; the Nashville Turnpike cut northwest from the place, roughly paralleled by the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad, while the Franklin road ran towards the west.
		Though it was certainly true that the Union Army of the Cumberland wasn't in any good condition to pursue, since the Federal losses at Murfreesboro had roughly equaled those at Fredericksburg in an army a third the size of Burnside's, Rosecrans had simply postponed the day of reckoning between the two armies.
	www.vectorsite.net /twcw_36.html (5937 words)

	The Battle of Murfreesboro
		By July, Confederate cavalry under the command of Forrest and Col. John H. Morgan were raiding into Middle Tennessee and Kentucky.
		Perhaps the most dramatic of these cavalry raids was Forrest’s capture of the Union Murfreesboro garrison on July 13.
		On July 13, between 4:15 A.M. and 4:30 A.M., Forrest’s cavalry surprised the Union pickets on the Woodbury Pike, east of Murfreesboro, and quickly overran a Union hospital and the camp of the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment detachment.
	www.mycivilwar.com /battles/620713.htm (362 words)

	James Verity Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The 18th were scattered during the battle and suffered heavy losses, but managed to acquit themselves well in capturing the Washington Battery and several stands of colors and in repelling a charge from troops led by John Breckinridge.
		The regiment lost very heavily at Chickamauga, and during the second day of the battle, Verity was shot in the face with a minnie ball, flattening his nose, severing his tongue and breaking both jaws.
		The description of his wounding at the Battle of Chickamauga is uncommonly detailed and gruesome, and the account of his efforts to obtain medical assistance in a dazed state and unrecognizable condition is moving despite his calm prose.
	www.clements.umich.edu /Webguides/Schoff/UZ/Verity.html (960 words)

	Chattanooga Confederate Cemeteries-Watkins' List of Burials
		A board at the head of each grave was marked with the name of the soldier, his state and his command, and a number.
		Many of the wounded in the battle of Murfreesboro were sent to Chattanooga by train.
		The remains of a person thought to have been a combatant in Battle of Missionary Ridge were buried on April 21, 2001, in the Chattanooga Confederate Cemeterey.
	www.utc.edu /Academic/Communication/Cemetery/Watkins.html (418 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: ECTOR'S BRIGADE
		was remounted after the battle of Murfreesboro, and its place in line was taken by the Ninth Texas Infantry.
		Ector's Brigade participated in the battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and took part in the initial assault on the Union right on the morning of December 31, 1862.
		Ector's brigade marched north with the Army of Tennessee and participated in the battle of Nashville (December 15-16) before retreating to Mississippi.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/EE/qke1.html (720 words)

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