To: UB355
Heard of Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, but never Stones River. What state is Stones River in?
To: justiceseeker93
The Federal Army tended to name battles after local landmarks and the Confederacy after the nearest town.
Examples include:
Bull Run and Manasses
Antietam and Sharpsburg
Stones River and 2nd Battle of Murfreesboro.
13 posted on
07/04/2013 3:13:41 PM PDT by
jonascord
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To: justiceseeker93
It my be Store River. I have a reproduction of his dishcharge papers. They say Stone River Tenn(Murfreesboro) Dec 31-1862-Jan 1-2-1863
14 posted on
07/04/2013 3:25:36 PM PDT by
UB355
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