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(3-95 VHS) 1995 Battlefield Tour Stop 9 (Breckinridge's Attack 4 p.m. - 6 p.m., Jan 2, 1863), north view of rocky bank above McFadden's Ford. Site Marker: Artillery Saves The Day, January 2, 1863. Confederate infantry started to wade the river. Could they be stopped? Captain John Mendenhall massed 57 guns here. Shot, shell and canister rained on the attackers, costing them almost 16 casualties a minute. The Confederates could not stand the fierce pounding. Union infantry pursued them across the river. The guns were still then, but they had won the day for the Union |
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1995 Battlefield Tour Stop 9 (Breckinridge's Attack 4 p.m. - 6 p.m., Jan 2,
1863). Artillery Monument |
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(3-95) Gen. Rosecrans
Headquarters Site, Old Nashville Highway (Nashville Pike) north of
entrance to Stones River National Battlefield. Site Marker:
Headquarters December 31, 1862 - January 1-2, 1863, Army of the
Cumberland, Major General William S. Rosecrans, USA, Commanding in the
Battle of Stones River |
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Gen. Bragg 2nd Headquarters Site, Access Road off of Old Nashville Highway
(Nashville Pike) south of entrance to Stones River National Battlefield. Site
Marker: Headquarters Army of Tennessee, General Braxton Bragg, Jan 1, 2
and 3, 1863. After the fighting on Dec. 31, Bragg moved his headquarters to
this location on the west bank of Stones River |
