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Stones River - Collection GuideNote: For the DVD version of this collection, due to the limitations of the DVD burning process, some filenames have been truncated. The full, unedited, filenames are in this document. If you purchased the USB Flash Drive version,please disregard this note.BooksAten, Henry J. History of the Eighty-Fifth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, 1901.pdfBarnes, James A. The Eighty-Sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. A Narrative of Its Service in the Civil War of 1861-1865, 1895.pdfBeatty, John. The Citizen Soldier or Memoirs of a Volunteer, 1879.pdfBelknap, C. E. History of the Michigan Organizations at Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge, 1899.pdfBennett, Charles. Historical Sketches of the Ninth Michigan Infantry with an account of the Battle of Murfreesboro,1913.pdfBennett, Lyman G. History of the Thirty-Sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteers during the War of the Rebellion, 1876.pdfBickham, William. Rosecrans’ Campaign with the Fourteenth Army Corps, with Official Reports of the Battle of Stone River, 1863.pdfBillings, John D. Hardtack and Coffee, 1887.pdfBishop, Judson. The Story of a Regiment, Being a Narrative of the Services of the Second Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War of 1861-1865, 1890.pdfBoynton, Henry Van Ness. Dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park September 18-20, 1895…, 1896.pdfBradley, James. The Confederate Mail Carrier, 1894.pdfBradt, H.H.G. History of the Services of the Third Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery in the Civil War of the United States, 1861 – 1865. 1902.pdfBriant, Charles. History of the Sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, 1891.pdfBurr, Frank A. The Life of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, 1888.pdfCanfield, Silas S. History of the 21st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion, 1893.pdfCarter, William L. History of the First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry in the Great War of the Rebellion, with the Armies of Ohio and Cumberland…, 1902.pdfChase, John. History of the Fourteenth Ohio Regiment, O.V.V.I., from the Beginning of the War in 1861 to Its Close in 1865, 1881.pdfChestnut, Mary Boykin. A Diary from Dixie,1905.pdfCist, Henry M. The Army of the Cumberland, 1882.pdfClark, Walter. Histories of Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War 1861-1865, Vol. 2, 1901.pdfClark, Walter. Histories of Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War 1861-1865, Vol. 3, 1901.pdfConnelly, Thomas W. History of the Seventieth Ohio Regiment, from its Organization to its Mustering Out, 1902.pdfCope, Alexis. The Fifteenth Ohio Volunteers and its Campaigns in the War of 1861-1865, 1916.pdfCoppeé, Henry, General Thomas, 1893.pdfCrippen, Edward W. The Diary of Edward W. Crippen, Private 27th Illinois Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, August 7, 1861 to September 19, 1863, 1909.pdf

Mauzy, James H., comp. Historical Sketch of the Sixty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, 1887.pdfMcGee, Benjamin F. History of the 72nd Infantry Volunteer Infantry of the Mounted Lightning Brigade, 1882.pdfMcMurray, William. History of the Twentieth Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A., 1904.pdfMcNeil, Samuel. Personal Recollections of Service in the Army of the Cumberland and Sherman’s Army, n.d.pdfMerrill, Catherine. The Soldier of Indiana in the War for the Union, 1866.pdfMoore, Frank, ed. Women of the War, 1866.pdfMorgan, Mrs. Irby. How It Was -e Four Years Among the Rebels, 1892.pdfMorris, George W. History of the Eighty-First Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the Great War of the Rebellion , 1861 – 1865, 1901.pdfMorton, John Watson. The Artillery of Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Cavalry, 1909.pdfNewlin, William H. History of the Seventy-Third Regiment of Illinois Infantry Volunteers, Its Services and Experiences, 1890.pdfObreiter, John. The Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania at Shiloh. History of the Regiment, 1908.pdfOtto, John. History of the Eleventh Indiana Battery, Connected with an Outline History of the Army of the Cumberland, 1891.pdfOwen, Ira S. Greene County in the War, Being a History of the Seventy-Fourth Regiment, with Sketches of the Twelfth Ohio, 1872.pdfOwen, Willliam Miller. In Camp and Battle with the Washington Artillery of New Orleans, 1885.pdfPalmer, John M. Personal Recollections of John M. Palmer. The Story of an Earnest Life, 1901.pdfParker, George W. et al. History of the Seventy-Ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War of Eighteen Sixty-One in the United States. 1899.pdfPayne, Edwin W. History of the Thirty-Fourth Regiment of Illinois Infantry, September 7, 1861 – July 12, 1865, 1902.pdfPeddycord, Will F. History of the Seventy-Fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, 1913.pdfPerry, Henry. History of the Thirty-Eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, 1906.pdfPhisterer, Frederick. The Regular Brigade of the Fourteenth Army Corps, the Army of the Cumberland, in the Battle of Stone River, 1883.pdfPiatt, Donn. General George H. Thomas, A Critical Biography, 1893.pdfPolk, William M. Leonidas Polk - Bishop and General, vol 1, 1915.pdfPolk, William M. Leonidas Polk - Bishop and General, vol 2, 1915.pdfPuntenney, George. History of the Thirty-Seventh Regiment of Indiana Infantry Volunteers, Its Organization, Campaigns and Battles, 1896.pdfReed, David Wilson. Campaigns and Battles of the Twelfth Regiment Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1903.pdfRerick, John. The Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, History of Its Services in the War of the Rebellion, 1880.pdfRichards, Henry. Letters of Captain Henry Richards of the Ninety-third Ohio Infantry, 1893.pdfRogers, Robert M. The One Hundred Twenty-fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, 1882.pdfRosecrans, William S. Report on the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1863.pdf

Scribner, Benjamin. How Soldiers Were Made, or, the War As I saw It under Buell, Rosecrans, Thomas, Grant and Sherman, 1887.pdfSheridan, Philip Henry. Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, Vol. 1., 1888.pdfSheridan, Philip Henry. Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, Vol. 2., 1888.pdfSimmons, Louis A. The History of the 84th Reg’t Illinois Vols., 1866.pdfSipes, William B. The Seventh Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Cavalry, Its Record, Reminiscences and Roster, 1905.pdfSmith, John. A History of the Thirty-First Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion, 1900.pdfSorrel, G. Moxley. Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer, 1917.pdfStewart, Nixon. Dan McCook’s Regiment, Fifty-second O.V.I., a History of the Regiment, 1900.pdfStormont, Gilbert. History of the Fifty-Eighth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Its Organization, Campaigns, and Battles…, 1895.pdfTarrant, Eastham. The Wild Riders of the First Kentucky Cavalry, 1894.pdfTaylor, Richard. Destruction and Reconstruction, 1879.pdfThatcher, Marshall P. A Hundred Battles in the West, Saint Louis to Atlanta, 1861 to 1865, 1884.pdfThompson, Edwin Porter. History of the Orphan Brigade, 1898.pdfTourgee, Albion. The Story of a Thousand, Being a History of the Service of the One Hundred Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the War for the Union, 1896.pdfVale, Joseph G. Minty and the Cavalry. A History of Cavalry Campaigns in the Western Armies, 1886.pdfVan Horne, Thomas B. History of the Army of the Cumberland- Its Organization, Campaigns and Battles, Vol. 1, 1875.pdfVan Horne, Thomas B. History of the Army of the Cumberland- Its Organization, Campaigns and Battles, Vol. 2, 1875.pdfVan Horne, Thomas B. The Life of Major-General George H. Thomas, 1882.pdfVance, Wilson J. Stone’s River, The Turning-Point of the Civil War, 1914.pdfVaughn, Alfred J. Personal Record of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry by Its Old Commander, 1897.pdfWaddle, Angus L. Three Years in the Armies of the Ohio and the Cumberland, 1889.pdfWalker, Cornelius I. Rolls and Historical Sketch of the Tenth Regiment, So. Ca. Volunteers in the Army of the Late Confederate States, 1881.pdfWatkins, Samuel R. [Co. Aytch, Maury Grays], First Tennessee Regiment, 1900.pdfWilson, George W. et al. Record of the Ninety-Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion, 1895.pdfWorsham, William. The Old Nineteenth Tennessee Regiment, C.S.A.- June 1861 – Apri, 1865., 1902.pdfWright, General Marcus J. Tennessee in the War 1861-65, 1908.pdfWright, Louise A. A Southern Girl in ’61; the War-Time Memories of a Confederate Senator’s Daughter, 1905.pdfWright, Thomas. History of the Eighth Regiment Kentucky Vol. Inf. during Its Three Campaigns, 1880.pdfWyeth, John Allen. Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, 1899.pdf

Young, Lot D. Reminiscences of a Soldier of the Orphan Brigade, 1918.pdfArticlesB&L – Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 3CMH – Confederate Military HistoryCV– Confederate Veteran MagazineHM – Harpers MagazineMOLLUS – District of Columbia (War Papers read before the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, District of Columbia Commandery)MOLLUS – Illinois (War Papers read before the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Illinois Commandery)MOLLUS – Indiana (War Papers read before the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Indiana Commandery)MOLLUS – Michigan (War Papers read before the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Michigan Commandery)MOLLUS – Wisconsin (War Papers read before the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Wisconsin Commandery)PHCW – Pictorial History of the Civil WarRR–Rebellion RecordSHSP – Southern Historical Society PapersBerry, John M., Reminiscences from Missouri, CV, Vol. 8, no. 2 (February 1900) pp. 73.pdfBreckinridge, General J.C. et al, Reports from the battle of Murfreesboro, SHSP, Vol. 5 (1878), 209-21.pdfCist, Henry M., Advance to Murfreesboro, The Army in the Civil War,Vol. 7, 1883, 87-135.pdfClay, H.B., On the Right at Murfreesboro, CV, Vol. 21, 1913, 588-90.pdfEvans, Clement, ed, The Battle of Murfreesboro, CMH, Vol. 8, 57-77.pdfFerguson, Edward, The Army of the Cumberland under Buell, War Papers, MOLLUS – Wisconsin Commandery, Vol. 1, 424-32.pdfFitch, John, Battle of Stone River, Annals of the Army of the Cumberland,1864, 381-411.pdfFreeman, Henry V., Battle Recollections of Stone’s River, MOLLUS – Illinois Commandery, Vol. 3, 227-46.pdfHannaford, Ebenezer , In the Ranks at Stone River, HM, Vol. 27 (1863) 809-15.pdfHannaford, Ebenezer, In Hospital after Stone River, HM, Vol. 28 (1863-1864), 260-65.pdfHickman, F.G., Events in the Battle of Murfreesboro, CV, Vol. 3, no. 6 (June 1895), 162.pdfJohnson, Robert U. and Clarence C. Buell. B&L, Vol. 3, 1888.pdf ( This file contains 6 reports which are bookmarked for easy navigation)Kendall, Henry M., The Battle of Stone River, MOLLUS–District of Columbia Commandery, War Papers no. 49, 1903, 3-14.pdf

Kniffin, Gilbert C., The Third Day at Stones River, War Papers 69, MOLLUS, District of Columbia, 1907, 3-22 .pdfLossing, Benson J. Events West of the Mississippi and in Middle Tennessee, PHCW, Vol. 2, 524-53.pdfLossing, Benson, Campaign of The Army Of The Cumberland From Murfreesboro to Chattanooga, PHCW, Vol. 3, 1868, 115-42.pdfMarks, Solon, Experiences at the Battle of Stones River, War Papers, MOLLUS – Wisconsin, Vol. 2, 1896, 385-98.pdfMcCook, A. McD. et al, The Battle of Stone River, RR, Vol. 10, 1867, 479-516.pdf (This file contains 16 reports which are bookmarked for easy navigation)Parkhurst, John G., Recollections of Stone’s River, MOLLUS – Michigan (1890).pdfPolk, Lieut.-General. Battle at Murfreesboro, Tenn, RR, Vol. 6, 476-81.pdfRidley, Bromfield, Detailed Account of Forests Battle at Murfreesboro, Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee, 1906, 105-11pdf.pdfRidley, Bromfield, Echoes from the Battle of Murfreesboro, Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee,1906, 148-58.pdfRidley, Bromfield, The First Battle of Murfreesboro, Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee, 1906, 101-04.pdfRosecrans, William S. et al, Battle of Stone River, Tenn.,RR, Vol. 6, 1862, 112-74.pdf (This file contains 28 reports which are bookmarked for easy navigation)Shanks, W. F. G., Recollections of General Sheridan, HM, Vol. 31, 298-306.pdfShanks, W. F. G., Recollections of General Thomas, HM, Vol. 30,754-59.pdfThompson, J.N., The Gallant Old Forty-Fourth Mississippi, CV, Vol. 28, no. 10 ,1920, 406-407.pdfYaryan, John Lee, Stone River, MOLLUS – Indiana Commandery, Vol. 1, 157-77.pdfMaps[ATLAS] – Atlas to Accompany the Official Records[LOC]– Library of CongressBattle Field of Stone River, Near Murfreesboro, Tenn, Dec. 31st to Jan 4th, 1863-[LOC].jpgMap of the Battle of Murfreesborough-[Atlas].jpgMap of the Stone's River Campaign-[Atlas].jpgMap Showing the Movements of Johnson's Brigade and Darden's Attached Battery in the Battle before Murfreesborough-[Atlas].jpgPlan of the Battle of Stone River-[LOC].jpgPlan of the Battles on Stones' River before Murfreesborough, Tenn-[Atlas].jpgPlan of the Battles on Stone's River before Murfreesborough-[LOC].jpgStones River - Troop Movement Map - 1 PM, December 31, 1862-[LOC].jpg

Stones River - Troop Movement Map - 10 AM to 11 AM, December 31, 1862-[LOC].jpgStones River - Troop Movement Map - 230 PM, December 31, 1862-[LOC].jpgStones River - Troop Movement Map - 330 PM, December 31, 1862-[LOC].jpgStones River - Troop Movement Map - 4 PM, January 2, 1863-[LOC].jpgStones River - Troop Movement Map - 445 PM, January 2, 1863-[LOC].jpgStones River - Troop Movement Map - 6 AM, December 31, 1862-[LOC].jpgStones River - Troop Movement Map - 7 AM to 8 AM, December 31, 1862-[LOC].jpgStones River - Troop Movement Map - 9 AM, December 31, 1862-[LOC].jpgStones River - Troop Movement Map - 930 PM, January 2, 1863-[LOC].jpgStones River - Troop Movement Map - About 10 PM, December 29, 1862-[LOC].jpgStones River - Troop Movement Map - Evening, December 30, 1862-[LOC].jpgStones River - Troop Movement Map - Nightfall, December 28, 1862-[LOC].jpgStones River - Troop Movement Map - Nightfall, December 31, 1862-[LOC].jpgStones River - Troop Movement Map - Nightfall, January 1, 1863-[LOC].jpgStones River - Troop Movement Map - Nightfall, January 3, 1863-[LOC].jpgStones River - Troop Movement Map - Noon, December 31, 1862-[LOC].jpgStones River - Troop Movement Map - Union Counter Attack, Evening, January 2, 1863-[LOC].jpgStones River Campaign- Bragg's invasion of Kentucky, and Situation 17 Sept., 1862-[LOC].jpgStones River Campaign- Situation 20 July, 1862, Just prior to Bragg's invasion of Kentucky, and movements since 6 April-[LOC].jpgStones River Campaign- Situation 26 Dec., 1862, and Movements Since 17 Sept-[LOC].jpgStones River Campaign- Situation About 11AM, 31 Dec., 1862-[LOC].jpgStones River Campaign- Situation About 8 AM, 31 Dec., 1862-[LOC].jpgStones River Campaign- Situation About 945 AM, 31 Dec., 1862, Just After Sheridan's Counterattack-[LOC].jpgStones River Campaign- Situation at Dark, 3 Jan, 1863, and Confederate Withdrawl-[LOC].jpgStones River Campaign- Situation Night of 30-31 Dec., 1862, and Movements 29-30 Dec-[LOC].jpgStones River Campaign- Situation Noon to 4 PM, 31 Dec., 1862-[LOC].jpgStones River Campaign- Union Advance from Nashville, and the Situation at 6 PM, Dec., 1862-[LOC].jpgTopographical sketch of the battle field of Stone River. [Dec. 31, 1862] Drawn by Lt. O. R. Dahl, Topographical Engineer, 2nd Brigade, 1st Div.-[LOC].jpgTopographical sketch of the Battle field of Stone River-[LOC].jpg

Topographical Sketch of the Battle of Stone River-[LOC].jpgTopographical Sketch of the Battle-Field of Stone's River near Murfreesborough, Tenn-[Atlas].jpgPhotos &Artwork[LOC]– Library of CongressMurfreesboro, Tenn., vicinity. Men repairing single-track railroad after Battle of Stone's River-[LOC].jpgA Cavalry Camp-[LOC].jpgA Cavalry Charge-[LOC].jpgAttack on a train-[LOC].jpgBattle of Murfreesboro- Capture of a Confederate Flag-[LOC].jpgBattle of Murfreesboro-[LOC].jpgBattle of Stone River, Near Murfreesborough, Tenn.--Dec. 31, 62. Jan. 2-3, 1863--Union (Gen. Rosecrans) ... Conf. (Gen. Bragg)-[LOC].jpgBattle of Stone River-[LOC].jpgCamp of 31st Regt. Pa. Vols. hdq. General Graham's Brigade-[LOC].jpgCavalry Skirmishers-[LOC].jpgCharge of Brigadier General James S. Negley's DIvision across Stone's River, at 400 P.M., January 2, 1863-[LOC].jpgCharge of Negley's Division- Battle of Stone River-[LOC].jpgCharge of the first brigade, commanded by Col. M.B. Walker, on the Friday evening of the battle of Stone River-[LOC].jpgConfederate cavalrymen getting men and supplies to Bragg’s army-[LOC].jpgConfederate infantry were still in trenches waiting for a possible attack that never came. Forrest wanted to see the battlefield and took the hand offered by a soldier to reach the top of the earthwork-[LOC].jpgDecisive Capture of Byrne's Confederate Battery- Battle of Stone River-[LOC].jpgDuring the skirmish at Lexington, Forrest also lost his horse – shot while riding into a Federal line supported by light artillery-[LOC].jpgFederal detachments impeded Forrest’s progress, as his raids had attracted Union General William S. Rosecrans’s attention, whose main army was then fighting General Bragg’s army at Stones River.-[LOC].jpgField Hospital, Murfreesboro, Tenn- [Harpers Pictorial]-[LOC].jpgField Hospital, Murfreesborough, Tenn-[LOC].jpgForrest details a number of riders who had lost their horses to lead rescued prisoners across the many rivers and convey them to General Bragg’s encampment-[LOC].jpgForrest striking General Grant’s outposts at Lexington, Tennessee, by charging directly into the fire of Federal cannon-[LOC].jpgGreat Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn. - Jany, 2nd 1863- between the Union Forces, under Genl. Rosecrans, and the Rebel Army under General Bragg-[LOC].jpg

Learning of the Federal attack near Murfreesboro, Forrest began rushing troops and supplies back across the Tennessee River and through miles of mud and flooded creeks-[LOC].jpgMajor General Patrick Cleburne led the 2d Division of General Hardee’s corps in a fierce attack against the Federal left flank-[LOC].jpgMajr. Genl. William S. Rosecrans at the Battle of Murfreesboro, Jany. 2nd 1863-[LOC].jpgMarching in a Storm-[LOC].jpgMarkers to the Unknown Dead at Stones River battlefield in Tennessee-[LOC].jpgMiss F. L. Clayton, 4th Mis. Arty [i.e. Missouri Artillery], wounded in the battles of Shiloh and Stone River-[LOC].jpgMonument to Hazen's Brigade at battlefield, Stones River, Tennessee-[LOC].jpgMonument to the Heroes of Stone River-[LOC].jpgMurfreesboro, Tennessee (vicinity). Monument erected on the battlefield at Stones River in 1863-[LOC].jpgMurfreesboro, Tennessee (vicinity). Monument erected on the battlefield at Stones River-[LOC].jpgRather than charge into Union detachments blocking the way, Forrest formed a small force of dismounted riflemen, who hunkered down behind logs to buy more time for the main column to reach Murfreesboro-[LOC].jpgReaching Murfreesboro, the van of Forrest’s cavalry trotted toward the sound of rifle fire but arrived a couple days too late participate in the main battle at Stones River, which ended on January 3, 1863-[LOC].jpgRebel Battery Carried by Assault by General Rousseau's Command-[LOC].jpgRetiring by way of Dresden, Forrest encountered a heavy Federal force at Parker Cross Roads. He lost a sharp battle, all of the brigade’s loot, and missed the action at Stones River-[LOC].jpgRosecrans and Chief Officers-[LOC].jpgRosecrans and staff-[LOC].jpgRosecrans at mass upon the battlefield of Stones River-[LOC].jpgScene from the Battle of Stones River-[LOC].jpgScene in the afternoon at Stone River-[LOC].jpgSome of Forrest’s cavalry roaming through towns occupied by small Federal detachments, clearing away raiding and scouting detachments sent from Rosecrans’s army-[LOC].jpgStone's River National Cemetery-[LOC].jpgSupporting Skirmishers-[LOC].jpgSurviving Members of N.B. Forrest's Staff-[LOC].jpgThe battle of Murfreesboro-[LOC].jpgThe battle of Stone River or Murfreesboro-[LOC].jpgThe battle of Stone River-[LOC].jpgThe battle of Stone's River or Murfreesboro-[LOC].jpgRaiding Federal supply depots and filling wagons with supplies and loot-[LOC].jpg