Tag Archives: Murfreesboro

Three Points About Stones River

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Chris Kolakowski

Many of our readers get the preservation mailings from the American Battlefield Trust, asking to save land at various sites. The most recent one covers the Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro) and seeks to save some land on the Federal … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Preservation | Tagged American Battlefield Trust, Army of Tennessee, Army of the Cumberland, Murfreesboro, Stones River | 5 Comments

Question of the Week: 1/8-1/14/18

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

The first days of January 2018 marked the 155th anniversary of the Battle of Stones River. Do you have a favorite general or unit from that battle? Why?

Posted in Battles, Question of the Week | Tagged Battle of Stones River, generals, Murfreesboro, units | 11 Comments

Stanley Matthews: Lawyer in Blue

Posted on August 4, 2017 by ECW Guest Post

Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Eric Sterner Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. may be the most famous lawyer to serve in the Civil War, but he wasn’t the only Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to wear … Continue reading →

Posted in Common Soldier, Leadership--Federal | Tagged 23rd Ohio Infantry, 51st Ohio Infantry, Murfreesboro, Rutherford B. Hayes, Stanley Matthews | 7 Comments

Looking Back to Cowpens: William J. Hardee and the Battle of Averasboro

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Daniel Davis

After abandoning Fayetteville, North Carolina to Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s army group, Lieutenant General William J. Hardee withdrew his corps north of the city. Hardee had ordered the Clarendon Bridge over the Cape Fear River destroyed, removing the possibility of … Continue reading →

Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Revolutionary War, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater | Tagged 150th Anniversary of Averasboro, Alfred Rhett, Army of Georgia, Banastre Tarleton, Battle of Averasboro, Battle of Bentonville, Battle of Cowpens, Battle of Gettysburg, Covering Force Action, Daniel Morgan, Defense in Depth, Henry Case, Henry Slocum, James Morgan, John Buford, Joseph Johnston, Joseph Wheeler, Lafayette McLaws, Murfreesboro, Nathaniel Jackson, Shiloh, Stephen Elliot, William Butler, William Hardee, William T. Sherman, William Vandever, William Ward | 3 Comments

Battle of the Cedars, 150 Years Ago

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Lee White

There was no rest for the weary after the slaughter at Franklin. Gen. Hood ordered most of his army to continue their pursuit of Schofield’s forces to Nashville. Along the way, on December 2, Gen. William Bate received the following … Continue reading →

Posted in Battles, Western Theater | Tagged Battle of the Cedars, Murfreesboro, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Robert Bullock, Robert Milroy, Washington Artillery, William Bate | 2 Comments

A Sharp Fight: The Battle of Farmington

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Dave Powell

On the morning of October 7, 1863, the Confederates of Henry B. Davidson’s cavalry division awoke to the urgent sounds of rifle and carbine fire. Davidson’s men were camped along the south bank of the Duck River, just a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities | Tagged Abram Miller, Anderson's Crossroads, Army of the Cumberland, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Farmington, Braxton Bragg, Chattanooga, Cumberland Plateau, Edward McCook, George Crook, John T. Wilder, Joseph Wheeler, McMinnville, Murfreesboro, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Philip Roddy, Robert H.G. Minty, Stephen D. Lee, Walden's Ridge, Wilder's Lighting Brigade, William S. Rosecrans | 2 Comments

The Other Fort Rosecrans

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Chris Mackowski

For most Civil War aficionados, Fort Rosecrans shows up on their radar screen just outside Murfreesboro, Tennessee. There, in the months after its bruising victory over the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Stones River, the Union Army … Continue reading →