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(5-03) Slaughter Pen
 
Interpretive Marker: Dec. 31, 1862, 10.a.m.-noon
 
Interpretive Marker: Michigan

(10-2000) View from Sheridan's position in the Slaughter Pen. Confederates charged repeatedly over the field in front. (facing south-east)

(3-95) Slaughter Pen, south view from tour stop parking area. Near here, the men of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan and Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas warded off determined Confederate assaults. In an attempt to crack the Union line at this point the Confederates wheeled up their guns to within 183 meters (200 yards) of Sheridan's position, but attack after attack still failed with costly losses to both sides. Eventually, however, Sheridan abandoned his position. His delaying action during the withdrawal had given Union troops time to form a new line along the Nashville Pike. Site Marker: Dec. 31, 1862, 10 a.m. - noon. Despite stiffening Union resistance, the Confederate tide swept on. The Federals made stand after stand, only to give ground again. Take this short trail to a Union position among the woods and rock outcroppings
 
Panorama: The Slaughter Pen

(5-03) Slaughter Pen