Force of a Cyclone: The Battle of Stones River, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863 (Caroline Ann Davis, Robert M. Dunkerly - CWC tom Ryan “Updated and more comprehensive than

“Updated and more comprehensive than ever

by James Gindlesperger

Pennsylvania contains some of the most unique and pristine natural and wild areas in the northeastern United States

and contested memory in the everyday lives of late nineteenth-century Americans

pets of all kinds accompanied nearly every regiment during the war

Force of a Cyclone: The Battle of Stones River, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863 (Caroline Ann Davis, Robert M. Dunkerly - CWC tom Ryan “Updated and more comprehensive thanby Caroline Ann Davis Robert M. Dunkerly All of Middle Tennessee held its breath when the new year dawned in 1863. One day earlier on December 31, Braxton Braggs Confederate Army of Tennessee faced off against William Rosecranss Federal Army of the Cumberland just outside Murfreesboro along Stones River. The commanders, who led armies nearly equal in size, had prepared identical attack plans, but Bragg struck first. His morning attack bent the Federal