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The Slaughter Pen interpretive marker (older photos display abandoned
artillery behind this marker) |
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Enlarge Cannon displayed outside of the
pen / east side of pen |
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Enlarge Cannon sits outside of pen at Tour
Stop : 2 / north side of pen |
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Detail Limestone rocks (cover & concealment) |
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Slaughter Pen |
(10-2000) View from
Sheridan's position in the Slaughter Pen. Confederates
charged repeatedly over the field in front. (facing south-east) |
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(3-95) Slaughter Pen, south view from tour stop
parking area. Near here, the men of Gen. Philip H.
Sheridan and Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas warded off determined Confederate
assaults. In an attempt to crack the Union line at this point the
Confederates wheeled up their guns to within 183 meters (200 yards) of
Sheridan's position, but attack after attack still failed with costly losses
to both sides. Eventually, however, Sheridan abandoned his position. His
delaying action during the withdrawal had given Union troops time to form a
new line along the Nashville Pike. Site Marker: Dec. 31, 1862, 10
a.m. - noon. Despite stiffening Union resistance, the Confederate tide swept
on. The Federals made stand after stand, only to give ground again. Take
this short trail to a Union position among the woods and rock outcroppings |
(5-03) Slaughter Pen |
