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Stones River Battle From Nightfall To Vicksburg Efforts
A detailed Civil War account describes Stones River near Murfreesboro, with Rosecrans and Bragg clashing on New Year’s, Confederate attempts at Hell’s Half Acre, heavy casualties on both sides, Sherman’s Vicksburg thrust, and shifts in command as Grant takes aim at Vicksburg while McClernand and Rosecrans maneuver.
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Ay Merton T. Akers
United Press International
Stones River
Murfreesboro
Breckin
Columbia
Broken County
Cedar Places
Bragg
Tullahoma
Tenn
Rosecrans
Rosecranz
Brage
Shendan
Bers
Blue
Gray Alive
Stones' River
William T. Sherman
Vicksburg
Miss
Yazoo River
Mississippi
Chickasaw Bluffs
Sherman
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Chickasaw Bayou
Batelé
William S. Rosecrans
Braxton
Nashville
Frederick Federal
Steele
Jefferson C. Davis
Davis
Sheridan
Nashville Pike
Round Forest
Fell's Half Acre
Cedar Copses
Saulders
Hell's Half Acre
Eighth Tennessee
Jost
Hragg
George W. Morgan
Missouri (Union
Sisth
Gar
John A. McClern
Une
John C. Breckin
Ulysses S. Grant
Ridge
McClernand
Buchanan
Grant