A Patriotic PulpitThe Rostrum is beautifully located in a grove of native trees ... and will be very greatly appreciated by the people who attend the Decoration [Me... [click for more]
A Vast DepotNearly every house in the place is filled with government stores. There is a pile of meat larger than our house, besides flour, hay, corn, coffee,... [click for more]
Anchoring the Union Line ~ Hazen’s BrigadeAnchoring the Union Line
Hazen's Brigade
" December 31, 1862 - Mid-afternoon "
...t... [click for more]
Army of the Cumberland ~ June 24, 1863 Moving to Bradyville, 14 mi. S.E., the XXI Corps (T.L. Crittenden) advanced against minor Confederate resistance on Manchester, to rendezvous with th... [click for more]
Battle at Stones River ~ December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each ... [click for more]
Battle at Stones River ~ December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each ... [click for more]
Battle at Stones River ~ December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each ... [click for more]
Battle at Stones River ~ December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each ... [click for more]
Battle at Stones River ~ December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each ... [click for more]
Battle at Stones River ~ December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each ... [click for more]
Battle at Stones River ~ Fateful Decisions at Stones RiverUnion Gen. William S. Rosecrans led the Army of the Cumberland from Nashville toward Murfreesboro in December 1862, while Confederate Gen. Braxton Bra... [click for more]
Battle at Stones RiverStones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each ... [click for more]
Battle of Murfreesboro ~ Jan. 2, 18631/2 mile north is the hillock commanding a ford over Stone's River. Here Capt. John Mendenhall, 4th US Artillery, artillery officer on Gen. Crittenden... [click for more]
Battle of MurfreesboroEarly in 1862 the Union Army advanced into Middle Tennessee and by autumn the Confederate forces were driven back into this part of the state. General... [click for more]
Black Fox Camp Spring1/2 mi. east were the hunting grounds of Cherokee Chief Black Fox, Inali. On Sept. 7, 1794, Ore's Expedition overpowered Black Box at the spring. Acco... [click for more]
BoxwoodBoxwood is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Bum Proof Stockade ~ Fortress RosecansThose things [you see] inside the fort ... this shape + ... are bum [bomb] proof stockades. The outside line is heavy oak timer hewn on 3 sides ..... [click for more]
Chalmers? Brigade at MurfreesboroGeneral James R. Chalmers Mississippi Brigade (CSA) advanced across these fields at 10 a.m. on December 31, 1862, to attack the Union center at the Ro... [click for more]
Charles Egbert Craddock ~ 0.3 MilesMary Noailles Murfree, who later became a prominent authoress under this pen-name, was born at Grantlands, whose site is now marked by a large pine tr... [click for more]
Covered by Cross FiresTo find such a wide break in a fort's wall seems strange to a person today. Yet the gap you see here - then called a sortie passage - is a carefully c... [click for more]
Donelson’s Brigade at MurfreesboroGeneral Daniel P. Donelson's Tennessee Brigade (CSA) advanced across these fields on December 31, 1862, around 11 a.m. in support of Chalmers? Brigade... [click for more]
East Main Street Historic DistrictEast Main Street Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
ElmwoodElmwood is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Fields of FireAt the end of 1863, more than fifty cannon stood ready to defend Fortress Rosecrans. Five, including one 8-inch siege howitzer, were assigned to Lunet... [click for more]
Forrest’s Murfreesboro Raid ~ July 13, 1862A task force of Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Brigade, consisting of the 1st Georgia, Woodward's Kentucky Cavalry Battalion, and the two independent c... [click for more]
Forrest’s Murfreesboro Raid ~ July 13, 1862 (2)A task force of Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Brigade, consisting of the 1st Georgia Battalion (Morrison) and led by Forrest in person, charged rapidl... [click for more]
Forrest’s Murfreesboro Raid ~ July 13, 1862Surrender of the Union garrison took place about 4:00 P.M. Units surrendering were Gen. T. T. Crittenden and staff, detachment of the 7th Pennsylvania... [click for more]
Fortress RosecransThe mounds in front of you are the remains of the largest earthen fortification built during the Civil War.
Constructed in 1863 after the B... [click for more]
Geographic Center of TennesseeIn 1834, the State of TN hired Professor James Hamilton to find its geographic center in order to locate the state capital as near as possible to the ... [click for more]
God has granted us a Happy New Year!God has granted us a Happy New Year!
Braxton Bragg, general commanding the Army of the Tennessee, in a telegram to Confederate President... [click for more]
Governor John Prince Buchanan ~ (1847-1930) John P. Buchanan, the 28th governor of Tennessee, was born in Williamson County on October 27, 1847. After serving in the Confederate Army, he moved ... [click for more]
Grantland RiceGrantland Rice was a distinguished sports writer and poet. Rice was born November 1, 1880 in a house which stood here. A graduate of Vanderbilt Univer... [click for more]
I Never Saw Anything Like Them Before - Historical MarkerLooking over this parapet, you can still see some 1,400 feet of earthwork walls stretching out before you. In 1863 Fortress Rosecrans had more than 14... [click for more]
James M. Buchanan ~ 1919 -James M. Buchanan, economist and author, received the 1986 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Grandson of a former governor, he attended Middl... [click for more]
Living Under the GunsThe citizens of occupied Murfreesboro had constant reminders of the powerful federal army entrenched here on their doorsteps. From January 1863 to Apr... [click for more]
Logan Henderson FarmLogan Henderson Farm is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesHistoric Family Farms in Middle Tennessee MPS... [click for more]
Lunette PalmerCivil War fortifications were precisely designed. Every angle, every mound of earth, and every slope you see here in Lunette Palmer had a specific pur... [click for more]
Lunette Thomas (1863 - 1866)[Our fortress] consists of a line of works called lunettes forming an irregular circle on both sides of Stones River. The lunette is a fortificati... [click for more]
MarymontMarymont is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Morgan’s Wedding In a home which stood here, Brig. Gen. John H. Morgan, CSA, was married to Miss Martha Ready December 14, 1862, by Bishop (also Lt. Gen. CSA) Leonida... [click for more]
Murfreesboro (2)First settler came in 1799; the settlement was first named Cannonsburg. It was actually founded in 1811, on land donated by Capt. William Lytle, who s... [click for more]
Murfreesboro (4)First settlers came in 1799; the settlement was first named Cannonsburg. It was actually founded in 1811 on land donated by Capt. William Lytle, who s... [click for more]
Murfreesboro (5)First settler came in 1799; the settlement was first named Cannonsburg. It was actually founded in 1811, on land donated by Capt. William Lytle, who s... [click for more]
Murfreesboro (6)First settlers came in 1799; the settlement was first named Cannonsburg. It was actually founded in 1811, on land donated by Capt. William Lytle, who ... [click for more]
Murfreesboro - Rutherford County Line(Front):
Rutherford County
Established 1803; named in honor of
Maj. Gen. Griffith Rutherford... [click for more]
Murfreesboro City Historical MarkerFirst settlers came in 1799; the settlement was first named Cannonsburg. It was actually founded in 1811 on land donated by Capt. William Lytle, who s... [click for more]
New Citizen SoldiersIn the months after this fort was built, thousands of men from Middle Tennessee joined eight new federal infantry regiments. Black men in blue coats g... [click for more]
North Maney Avenue Historic DistrictNorth Maney Avenue Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
OaklandsThis antebellum mansion, begun about 1824 by Dr. James Maney, is located 1 1/4 miles N. on land acquired by Col. Hardy Murfree in 1789. Subsequently e... [click for more]
Redoubt Brannan ~ Fortress RosecansRedoubt Brannan
Fortress Rosecans
? 1863 - 1866 ? ... [click for more]
Remembering Sacrifices - in Stone...around the spot where the monument was erected...to the best recollection 113 of our regiment were killed and wounded...it is hoped that the mo... [click for more]
Rio MillIn 1855, W. S. Huggins & Company built a four-story brick mill building on this site. It was powered by two twenty-five horsepower engines with capaci... [click for more]
Robert Andrew Smith FarmRobert Andrew Smith Farm is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Rutherford County ~ Murfreesboro (2)(Front):
Rutherford County
Established 1803; named in honor of
Maj. Gen. Griffith Rutherford... [click for more]
Rutherford County ~ Murfreesboro(Front):
Rutherford County
Established 1803; named in honor of
Maj. Gen. Griffith Rutherford... [click for more]
Rutherford Health DepartmentRutherford Health Department is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Slave, Soldier, CitizenA tombstone can only tell so much about the life of a man. From the shape and standard design of the markers you see ahead, you can tell that two vete... [click for more]
State CapitolIn August 1822, a called session of the state assembly was held here in the First Presbyterian Church, the lower house met on the first floor and the ... [click for more]
Stones River National BattlefieldStones River National Battlefield is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Stones RiverA tributary of the Stones River is named after Uriah Stone, an early explorer and long hunter. For centuries, the Stones River has played an important... [click for more]
Tennessee Baptist ConventionConstituted April 10, 1874, in the building of the First Baptist Church, Murfreesboro, then located 200 yards east on the north side of East Main Stre... [click for more]
The Federal Rally Turns the Tide ~ December 31, 1862 - AfternoonMany of my Regiment got within 60 yards of the enemy guns, but were compelled to give back for want of support. It seemed the Commanders expected ... [click for more]
This Precious DustWhen the Battle of Stones River ended on January 2, 1863, over 3,000 Union and Confederate soldiers lay dead. Most were buried in hastily prepared gra... [click for more]
Toil and MudFor nearly five months, thousands of soldiers and African-American laborers worked around the clock to build Fortress Rosecrans - digging, shaping, an... [click for more]
Uncle Dave MaconBorn in Warren County in 1870, David H. Macon, the Dixie Dew Drop, was a farmer, freight hauler, and banjo picker and comedy singer in vaudeville. He ... [click for more]
Walter Hill Hydroelectric StationWalter Hill Hydroelectric Station is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesPre-TVA Hydroelectric Power Development in Tennessee MPS... [click for more]
Wheeler’s Raid around Rosecrans ~ Dec. 29, 1862Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry Brigade bivouacked hereabouts in the evening. At midnight, it moved north on Walterhill, then west on Jefferson, o... [click for more]
Why Fight Here?Here in the quiet fields and forests along Stones River outside Murfreesboro, two great armies fought - and spilled the blood of tens of thousands of ... [click for more]
William Lytlecaptain in the Revolutionary Army, he received for his services a large grant of land in this area. From this he donated the land on which Murfreesbor... [click for more]
