See also:

• BATTLE

BATTLE OF See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

STONE See also:

• RIVER

RIVER  , a See also:

• BATTLE

battle of the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, called the battle of See also:

• MURFREESBORO

Murfreesboro by the Confederates, fought on the 31st of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1862 and the 2nd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1863, . After his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment in See also:

• OCTOBER

October to command the Armyof the See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland, See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General W . S . See also:

• ROSECRANS, WILLIAM STARKE (1819-1898)

Rosecrans with See also:

• CHATTANOOGA

Chattanooga as his See also:

• OBJECTIVE, or OBJECT GLASS

objective moved from See also:

• NASHVILLE

Nashville upon General Braxton See also:

• BRAGG, BRAXTON (1817—1876)

Bragg, who See also:

• LEFT

left the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter quarters he had established at Murfreesboro and met the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army on See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

Stone See also:

• RIVER

river immediately See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of Murfreesboro, on the last See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day of December . The See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of attack on each See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side was to crush the enemy's right . Bragg's left, commanded by Lieut.-General W . J . See also:

• HARDEE, WILLIAM JOSEPH (1815-1873)

Hardee, over-lapped and See also:

• BORE

bore back the Union right under See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major- General A . McD . See also:

• MCCOOK, ALEXANDER MCDOWELL (1831-1903)

McCook, and Major-General T . L . See also:

• CRITTENDEN, JOHN JORDAN (1787-1863)

Crittenden commanding the Union left was hurriedly called back from his attack on the Confederate right to support McCook .

The Union right was crumpled up on the centre, where Major-General G . H . See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas's See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps checked the Confederate attack . There was practically no fighting on the 1st of January, but on the 2nd the See also:

• CON

Con-federates renewed the attack, Major-General J . C . See also:

• BRECKINRIDGE, JOHN CABELL (1821-1875)

Breckinridge with Bragg's right attempting in vain to displace Crittenden's See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division on high ground above the river . On the See also:

• NIGHT

night of the 3rd Bragg withdrew and the Union army occupied Murfreesboro: Tactically a See also:

• DRAWN

drawn battle, Stone River was strategically a Union victory . The losses on both sides were heavy: of 37,712 Confederates See also:

• PRESENT

present for See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty, 1294 were killed, 7945 were wounded, and about 2500 were missing; and of 44,800 Union soldiers present for duty, 1677 were killed, 7543 were wounded and 3686 were missing .