The bloody Battle of Stones River begins in middle Tennessee outside the town of Murfreesboro. The battle, fought between December 31 and January 2, saw extremely high casualty rates as the Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by General Braxton Bragg, failed to break the Union lines.
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