Stones River, a Virtual Tour
Sites Outside the National Battlefield

Photos

March 1995: Webmaster
 

(3-95 VHS) The view is looking northwest along the old Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad. The southeast section of the National Cemetery is in the background. The sign marks the approximate spot where Union Col. Julius Garesche was beheaded by a cannonball. Garesche was Gen. Rosecrans chief of staff

(3-95) McCulloch House, CSA Gen. Hardee's Headquarters, River Rock Blvd, Murfreesboro

            

(3-95) Intersection of Franklin Road and Gresham Lane, Murfreesboro. The view is looking west along Franklin Road toward the area (1/4 mile on right side) where Rosecrans kindled fires for his "phony camps," in order to deceive the Confederates as to the location and strength of his right flank  

(3-95) Jenkins House, Temporary Union field hospital, Gresham Lane and Manson (wartime Wilkinson) Pike 

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