Battle of Stones River

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The Battle of Stones River was a major and fiercely contested American Civil War engagement fought near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in late 1862 and early 1863, noted for its high casualties and strategic boost to Union morale.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Murfreesboro ⓘ
Second Battle of Murfreesboro ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaign Stones River Campaign ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses approximately 11,700 Confederate casualties ⓘ
approximately 12,900 Union casualties ⓘ
one of the highest percentage casualty rates of the war ⓘ
combatant Army of Tennessee ⓘ
Army of the Cumberland ⓘ
commander Braxton Bragg ⓘ
William S. Rosecrans ⓘ
linked to: William Rosecrans
ConfederateCommander Braxton Bragg ⓘ
Leonidas Polk ⓘ
William J. Hardee ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endDate 1863-01-02 ⓘ
followedBy Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
front Western Theater ⓘ
geographicalFeature Stones River ⓘ
historicalSignificance influenced Lincoln’s decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation firmly ⓘ
major Union victory in the Western Theater ⓘ
location near Murfreesboro, Tennessee ⓘ
memorial Stones River National Battlefield ⓘ
near Murfreesboro ⓘ
notableEvent Confederate assaults on the Union right flank ⓘ
Union counterattack on January 2, 1863 ⓘ
Union stand at the Round Forest ⓘ
heavy fighting on December 31, 1862 ⓘ
partOf Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Perryville ⓘ
protectedBy National Park Service ⓘ
result Union strategic victory ⓘ
season winter of 1862–1863 ⓘ
startDate 1862-12-31 ⓘ
state Tennessee ⓘ
strategicImportance boosted Union morale ⓘ
helped secure Middle Tennessee for the Union ⓘ
theaterCommanderConfederate Braxton Bragg ⓘ
theaterCommanderUnion William S. Rosecrans ⓘ
linked to: William Rosecrans
UnionCommander Alexander McCook ⓘ
George H. Thomas ⓘ
Thomas L. Crittenden ⓘ
William S. Rosecrans ⓘ
linked to: William Rosecrans
year 1862 ⓘ
1863 ⓘ

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Philip Sheridan → notableBattle → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Braxton Bragg → battle → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Leonidas Polk → participatedIn → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Army of the Ohio → engagement → Stones River Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Stones River
Edmund Pettus → participantIn → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Patrick Cleburne → battle → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Gideon J. Pillow → battle → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Joshua W. Sill → battle → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Joshua W. Sill → notableBattle → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Joshua W. Sill → killedInAction → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
J. Percy Priest Lake → riverDammed → Stones River ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Stones River
Henry Ware Lawton → battle → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Army of the Cumberland → engagement → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Battle of Stones River → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Murfreesboro ⓘ
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Battle of Stones River → alsoKnownAs → Second Battle of Murfreesboro ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Stones River
Battle of Stones River → campaign → Stones River Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Stones River
Battle of Stones River → geographicalFeature → Stones River ⓘ
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Jefferson C. Davis → participatedIn → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
George H. Thomas → notableBattle → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Tullahoma Campaign → precededBy → Stones River Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Stones River
August Willich → participantIn → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
William Rosecrans → notableBattle → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Rutherford County → hasRiver → Stones River ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Stones River
Murfreesboro, Tennessee → siteOf → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Murfreesboro, Tennessee → battleDate → Battle of Stones River 1862–1863 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Stones River
Department of the Cumberland → oversawCampaign → Stones River Campaign ⓘ
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Department of the Cumberland → engagedInBattle → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
2nd Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate) → engagedIn → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Alexander McDowell McCook → participatedIn → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Stonewall of the West → subjectNotableBattlefield → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Hardee's Corps → engagement → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Joshua Woodrow Sill → killedInAction → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Benjamin F. Cheatham → participatedIn → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Corps in the Army of Tennessee → engagedInBattle → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
30th Indiana Infantry Regiment → engagedIn → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
XIV Corps (Army of the Cumberland) → engagement → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
XXI Corps (Army of the Cumberland) → engagement → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Thomas L. Crittenden → participantIn → Stones River Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Stones River
Thomas L. Crittenden → participantIn → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Stones River National Battlefield → significantEvent → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Alexander McCook → participatedIn → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Jefferson C. Davis → participatedIn → Battle of Stones River ⓘ
subject linked to: Jefferson
Battle of Hoover’s Gap → precededBy → Battle of Stones River ⓘ