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David B. Hinton
Survey of US. History I
20 September 2015
Stones River National Battlefield
“How did I prepare for this visit to Stones River Battlefield?”. First thing I did was did
some reading, my dad had a few books lying around that he suggested I read up on Stones River.
I read the pages the index referred to on Stones River in the books “The coming fury” and
“Never call Retreat”. The first book “The Coming Fury” explained that “Southern delegates
walked out of the democratic conventions, drew armies after them one place of which is Stones
River.” The reason why is not known it explains. The second book “Never Call Retreat” says
“Winter in Tennessee meant cold, and snow, and rain, and boundless …show more content…
“Middle Tennessee was a productive land of plenty as long
as Bragg’s army controlled it. “The confederates gained large supplies of forage, food
leather, cloth, and other materials that were very much needed.”. “There was going to be a confederate ball
dance, but it never happened because cavalry sent word that the Yankees were headed for
Murfreesboro.” “It took the federal army five days to get from Nashville to Murfreesboro.” Also
I visited the Stones River National Battlefield which is no more than five miles from my home. I
had to make an appointment at least two hours before I went to take a tour and to my surprise the
tour was totally free. When I got there I went inside the visitor’s center and spoke with the man
at the desk who gave me a tour handout and a map of the battlefield. I also asked him a few
questions about the historic site, which I will get into later on.
At the main entrance of the site was a visitor’s center that had a mini tour inside the building.
The battlefield was made up of six sites that make up the tour. There are various walking paths
and information plaques and most plaques that had the information of the site were just …show more content…
During the
Civil War roughly fifteen hundred battles were fought. It is among 32 National military parks,
which preserves important aspects of the Civil War. It is a crucial tourist resource because of
that. I was surprised to learn that the stones river battlefield was, “One of the bloodiest battles of
the war.”
It reminds me of the old days in Murfreesboro when everything was just farm lands. It’s a
good home for lots of wildlife at times of the day as you pass by you may see a deer pop out of
the woods and cross the road. It takes you back and preserves the memory of how it used to be in
Murfreesboro. What I was most impressed by is how big the battles boundaries were. Im sure I
would be astounded to see how big the armies looked in real life, I can only picture in my mind
scenes from “The Patriot”. They do reenactments at the battlefield were a bunch of people dress
up as union or confederate soldiers and set up tents and camp out and reenact things. I’m not sure
if they reenact fighting but I thought that was pretty darn cool. Specific dates as to when they
David B. Hinton
Survey of US. History I
20 September 2015
Stones River National Battlefield
“How did I prepare for this visit to Stones River Battlefield?”. First thing I did was did
some reading, my dad had a few books lying around that he suggested I read up on Stones River.
I read the pages the index referred to on Stones River in the books “The coming fury” and
“Never call Retreat”. The first book “The Coming Fury” explained that “Southern delegates
walked out of the democratic conventions, drew armies after them one place of which is Stones
River.” The reason why is not known it explains. The second book “Never Call Retreat” says
“Winter in Tennessee meant cold, and snow, and rain, and boundless …show more content…
“Middle Tennessee was a productive land of plenty as long
as Bragg’s army controlled it. “The confederates gained large supplies of forage, food
leather, cloth, and other materials that were very much needed.”. “There was going to be a confederate ball
dance, but it never happened because cavalry sent word that the Yankees were headed for
Murfreesboro.” “It took the federal army five days to get from Nashville to Murfreesboro.” Also
I visited the Stones River National Battlefield which is no more than five miles from my home. I
had to make an appointment at least two hours before I went to take a tour and to my surprise the
tour was totally free. When I got there I went inside the visitor’s center and spoke with the man
at the desk who gave me a tour handout and a map of the battlefield. I also asked him a few
questions about the historic site, which I will get into later on.
At the main entrance of the site was a visitor’s center that had a mini tour inside the building.
The battlefield was made up of six sites that make up the tour. There are various walking paths
and information plaques and most plaques that had the information of the site were just …show more content…
During the
Civil War roughly fifteen hundred battles were fought. It is among 32 National military parks,
which preserves important aspects of the Civil War. It is a crucial tourist resource because of
that. I was surprised to learn that the stones river battlefield was, “One of the bloodiest battles of
the war.”
It reminds me of the old days in Murfreesboro when everything was just farm lands. It’s a
good home for lots of wildlife at times of the day as you pass by you may see a deer pop out of
the woods and cross the road. It takes you back and preserves the memory of how it used to be in
Murfreesboro. What I was most impressed by is how big the battles boundaries were. Im sure I
would be astounded to see how big the armies looked in real life, I can only picture in my mind
scenes from “The Patriot”. They do reenactments at the battlefield were a bunch of people dress
up as union or confederate soldiers and set up tents and camp out and reenact things. I’m not sure
if they reenact fighting but I thought that was pretty darn cool. Specific dates as to when they