Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, December 3, 2018 German immigrant Private Daniel Miller held Federal guard duty on Fortress Rosecrans for a year and a half (Oct. 1863-April 1864) following the Stones River battle. With incredible detective work by Dr. Homer and Mable Pittard, a startling discovery was made…
July 5, 2018, WGNS Radio (Murfreesboro) A lady who touched the lives of so many, passed away from an extended illness at 10:59 Tuesday (7/3/2018) evening. Bettie Clayton Cook loved history, and especially local history, and shared it as a part of her longtime career with the National Parks Service…
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, June 19, 2017 The term “slaughter” emanates cold chills down the spine of any individual in Rutherford County. Yet, slaughter was unending on December 31, 1862, with the perilous, bloodiest encounter of Union and Confederate troops in a heavy forest near the Stones River.…
Nancy De Gennaro, Daily News Journal, May 2, 2016 After nearly four decades with the National Park Service, Stones River National Battlefield’s Chief of Operations Gib Backlund hung up his ranger hat to retire. His official first day of retirement is Monday. He recently sat down with The Daily News Journal to…
November 26, 2015, Frank Caperton, Rutherford County Historical Society Within this circle lies the remains of over 2,000 gallant Confederate soldiers who gave their lives in the battles in and around Murfreesboro during The War Between the States, 1861-1865. They were first buried on the battlefield where they died defending…
Murfreesboro City Television, March 11, 2015
Murfreesboro City Television, March 11, 2015
Murfreesboro City Television, March 11, 2015
Murfreesboro City Television, February 25, 2015 n July 13, 1862, in what is known as the first Battle of Murfreesboro, Nathan Bedford Forrest and his raiders’ (Texas and Georgia Rangers) defeated Union units (9th Michigan Infantry & 3rd Minnesota) camped at Oaklands and at the Courthouse in Murfreesboro.
Murfreesboro City Television, January 5, 2015 Stones River National Battlefield volunteer Mike Warfield reads a letter, written by Lieutenant H.F. Nuckles, 4th Kentucky (Orphan Brigade), February 9, 1863, more than a month after the Battle of Stones River. The letter notifies the family of fallen Confederate soldier, Henry Hall, killed…