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Sep 21, 2008 ... Mrs. Murfreesboro .... Rice (Reynolds' adjutant general) rode up with orders for Wilder to fall back immediately. ... “General Rosecrans took off his hat and handed it to an orderly, ... 'You took the responsibility to disobey the order, did you? ... Headless Horseman haunts Stones River Battlefield ...
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The battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River) 31 Dec. 62 and 2 Jan. 6 ... On 14 April 1865 Grant told Lincoln that Rosecrans and Thomas' battle at Stones River "was no victory, - that a few such fights would have ruined us." ... Thomas Van Horne on the battle of Murfreesboro, taken from his 1882 biography "Life of Maj. Gen.
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Scapegoat for the failures of the Confederate high command ... On 31 December 1862 and 2 January 63 he fought the indecisive Battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River) against Gen. William S. Rosecrans, inflicting heavy casualties, but again he was forced to withdraw in the face of a better supplied and numerically superior opponent.
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Account of the Battle of Stones River ... "Send your regiments quickly into yonder thicket and stop the advance of the rebels," shouted Rosecrans. "Quick! quick! lose not a moment, Colonel; this battle must be won." — "My regiments are almost out of ammunition," replied Colonel Bradley, brave, yet always careful of his men;
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A Storm in the Cedars: Colonel John F. Miller's Brigade at the Battle of Stones River By: I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, ROBERT H. G. MINTY, Colonel, Commanding First Cavalry Division Lieutenant CHAMBERLIN, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, First Cavalry Division INCIDENT OF STONE RIVER BATTLE Wm. L.
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Report of Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, U.S. Army, commanding Army of the Cumberland on the; Battle of Stones River ... Crittenden's corps, with Negley's division, bivouacked in order of battle, distant 700 yards from the enemy's intrenchments, our left extending down the river some 500 yards.
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The Confederate center was at Murfreesboro under General Polk, the right wing at Readyville under Maj. Gen. John P. McCown, the left at Triune and Eagleville under General Hardee. The right and left were withdrawn, and the forces concentrated at Murfreesboro ready to receive the attack made by Rosecrans.
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Many fine first person accounts of the Battle of Stones River are included in the Regimental History by Alex Cope. ... He estimated that he would lose ten to one by direct assault. ... Captain Lorenzo Danford described the battle in a letter printed in the Belmont Chronicle. "On Saturday, when we first reported to Gen. Thomas,
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Stones River? Murfreesboro? Why are there two names for this battle? The answer is amazingly simple. ... On December 29th, Rosecrans and his troops set up camp so close to Bragg’s forces the men could hear each other. December 30, 1862; The Battle of Stones River was set to begin. ... By command of Maj. Gen. W. S. Rosecrans:;
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