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See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
STONE See also:RIVER, See also:BATTLE OF , a battle of the See also:American See also:Civil See also:War, called the battle of See also:Murfreesboro by the Confederates, fought on the 31st of See also:December 1862 and the 2nd of See also:January 1863,. After his See also:appointment in See also:October to command the Armyof the See also:Cumberland, See also:General W. S. See also:Rosecrans with See also:Chattanooga as his See also:objective moved from See also:Nashville upon General Braxton See also:Bragg, who See also:left the See also:winter quarters he had established at Murfreesboro and met the See also:Union See also:army on Stone river immediately See also:north of Murfreesboro, on the last See also:day of December. The See also:plan of attack on each See also:side was to crush the enemy's right. Bragg's left, commanded by Lieut.-General W. J. See also:Hardee, over-lapped and See also:bore back the Union right under See also:Major- General A. McD. See also:McCook, and Major-General T. L. See also:Crittenden commanding the Union left was hurriedly called back from his attack on the Confederate right to support McCook. The Union right was crumpled up on the centre, where Major-General G. H. See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas's See also:corps checked the Confederate attack. There was practically no fighting on the 1st of January, but on the 2nd the See also:Con-federates renewed the attack, Major-General J. C. See also:Breckinridge with Bragg's right attempting in vain to displace Crittenden's See also:division on high ground above the river. On the See also:night of the 3rd Bragg withdrew and the Union army occupied Murfreesboro: Tactically a See also:drawn battle, Stone River was strategically a Union victory. The losses on both sides were heavy: of 37,712 Confederates See also:present for See also:duty, 1294 were killed, 7945 were wounded, and about 2500 were missing; and of 44,800 Union soldiers present for duty, 1677 were killed, 7543 were wounded and 3686 were missing.
End of Article: STONE RIVER, BATTLE OF
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