BGuthrie Photos: TN -- Murfreesboro -- Stones River Natl Battlefield -- McFadden's Ford

TN -- Murfreesboro -- Stones River Natl Battlefield -- McFadden's Ford:

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1. STONMF_170606_10.JPG: McFadden's Ford As Union soldiers crouched here behind the breastworks of stone and rail, a battered advance division retreated back across the river, pursued by General John C. Breckinridge's hard-driving Confederate brigades. Union artillery batteries firing from the rise above McFadden's Ford halted Breckinridge's pursuit with shot, shell, and canister. Some 1,800 Confederates were killed or wounded in less than an hour. This was the final action of the Battle of Stones River. W.J. Worsham of the 19th Tennessee Infantry took part in the Battle of Stones River. An event that occurred before the battle at McFadden's Ford, impressive in its sentimental implications was related by Dr. Worsham in later years. Our line ran principally through the cedars and rocks, and this cold winter evening when all nature presented a dreary outlook, this thick landscape seemed to cast a double mantle of dreariness over everything. Here, an incident occurred in which both armies took part, and which is not often recorded in the history of battles. After the bands had finished their usual evening serenade, a Federal band struck up slowly and softly "Home, Sweet Home." Immediately a Confederate band caught up the song, then one after another until all the bands of both armies were playing the strain. Out in the darkness of this cold December night, amidst the dense cedars and rough boulders along the banks of Stone River, "Whose sad, slow stream, its noiseless flood Poured o'er the glancing pebbles All silent now, the Federals stood, All silent stood the Rebels. No heart or soul had heard unmoved That plaintive note's appealing, So sweetly, 'Home, Sweet Home' but stirred The hidden fount of feeling." I tell you this was a soul stirring occasion. During the stillness of the night, each soldier of both armies thought of what tomorrow would bring, whether wounds or death, and would he ever see his home again, when the notes of this inspiring tune came floating on the stillness of the night. After our bands had ceased playing, we could hear the sweet refrain as it died away in the cool, frosty air of the Federal side. What a thrill of memories was brought to the minds of all that night! Horn, Tennessee's War, 1861-1865 (Tennessee Civil War Centennial Commission)
2. STONMF_170606_24.JPG: My poor Orphan Brigade! They have cut it to pieces! -- John C. Breckinridge, major general, commanding 1st Division, Hardee's Corps' Near here four Confederate regiments from Kentucky charged for over a mile to assault the Federal troops guarding the other side of Stones River. The cost of their late afternoon attack was stunning -- over 430 of the 1,200 men in the ranks were killed, wounded, or captured. These Kentucky troops called themselves the "orphans" of the Army of Tennessee. They had hoped their home state would leave the Union. But Kentucky never voted to secede. Unlike Alabama, Tennessee, or Mississippi soldiers, Kentucky's orphans had little chance of getting supplies, mail, or even a pair of new socks from loved ones. These orphans' homes were behind Union lines. Just six years before this battle, Kentucky's John Breckinridge had been the Vice President of the United States. January 2nd, 1863 late-afternoon
3. STONMF_170606_44.JPG: On January 2nd at 3:00 PM there were stationed on this hill fifty-eight cannon commanding the field across the river, and as the Confederates advanced over this field, the shot and shell from these guns resulted in a loss of eighteen-hundred killed and wounded in less than an hour.
4. STONMF_170606_50.JPG: McFadden Cemetery Mid-1800s Graves of: Samuel McFadden, Samuel Clark and two unknown
5. STONMF_170606_64.JPG: The Very Forest Seemed to Fall "The sound judgement of Major John Mendenhall, my chief-of-artillery, enabled me to open 58 guns almost simultaneously...turn[ing] a dashing [rebel] charge into a sudden retreat and route, in which the enemy lost...1800 men in a few moments...The very forest seemed to fall...and not a Confederate reached the river." -- Thomas Crittenden, major general, commanding the Left Wing "We opened a lively fire and soon stopped the Butternuts who in turn fled...throwing away everything that impeded their flight...The dead rebels lay so thick upon the ground that we could not draw the [cannon] across the field until the bodies had been removed allowing us a path." -- John Nourse, private, Chicago Board of Trade Independent Battery Imagine a line of cannon stretching south from here the length of seven football fields, end to end. Amassing so much artillery firepower in one place was extremely rare in the Civil War. Veternas of the fight for McFadden's Ford never forgot this sight. 1863 January 2 late afternoon
6. STONMF_170606_78.JPG: Battle at Stones River December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863 Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each other. Their bitter, three-day struggle erupted on New Year's Eve 1862. To explore their stories, start at the Visitor Center. Maps are available there to help you find battlefield points of interest. You are here at the McFadden Farm: The final chapter of the battle of Stones River raged here along the frozen banks of Stones River on January 2, 1863. Attacking Confederate troops approached McFadden's Ford, a river crossing just below this hill, only to be smashed by the concentrated cannon fire of 57 Federal guns placed on this knoll.
7. STONMF_170606_89.JPG: Remembering by Rail The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway played a major role in memorializing Civil War battlefields. The company bought land and installed signs along the tracks to identify battle locations. They erected monuments like the Artillery Monument in front of you. They encouraged veteran reunions and ran a train to Stones River for formal celebrations. Railway president John W. Thomas championed this work. During his tenure, the company scheduled tours to southern battlefields. At stops like Cemetery, railway platforms became the gateways to hallowed ground. Passengers stepped off trains and remembered the soldiers and battles between the North and South. The railway interpreted the Civil War to its passengers. They provided booklets that explained the battles along the train's route
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