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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B5S_forrests-murfreesboro-raid_Murfreesboro-TN.html
A task force of Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Brigade, consisting of the 1st Georgia Battalion (Morrison) and led by Forrest in person, charged rapidly to this area, at daybreak where they overcame one company of the 9th Michigan Infantry and two …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B5R_gen-nathan-bedford-forrest-memorial_Murfreesboro-TN.html
Erected to the memoryofGen. Nathan Bedford Forrestbythe Daughters of the Confederacyfor heroic servicesrendered the citizensof Murfreesboro on July 13, 1862
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B5N_the-founding-of-the-county_Murfreesboro-TN.html
Rutherford County was created in 1803 from parts of Davidson and Williamson counties. The county was named in honor of Griffith Rutherford, an Irish immigrant who rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Continental army during the Revolutiona…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B5G_rutherford-county-courthouse_Murfreesboro-TN.html
The Rutherford County Courthouse is one of only six remaining antebellum courthouses in the state of Tennessee.
Erected between 1859 and 1861 at a cost of $50,000, the Greek Revival-style brick structure features classical columns on the east a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B5F_murfreesboro-confederate-soldiers-monument_Murfreesboro-TN.html
(east face)In commemoration of the valor ofConfederate Soldiers,who fell in the great Battle of Murfreesboro,Dec. 31, 1862, and January 2, 1863,and in minor engagements in this vicinity,this monument is erected.(north face)Lest we forget1861-1865(…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B5E_1860s-view-of-east-main-street_Murfreesboro-TN.html
This view of a tree-lined East Main Street was taken from the courthouse cupola by an unknown photographer.
In the left foreground is the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, constructed in 1859. The congregation was unable to complete the interior …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B56_they-passed-this-way_Murfreesboro-TN.html
After the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the United States government forced tens of thousands of American Indians to leave their ancestral lands in the southeast for new homes in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). They traveled …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18SP_sheridan-saves-the-day_Murfreesboro-TN.html
By the middle of the night before the battle, General Sheridan saw signs that the Confederates might attack near here. By 4 a.m., Sheridan had visited all three of his brigade commanders. He gave orders for his men to be fed an early breakfast and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16TZ_boys-you-must-get-out-of-here-you-are-surrounded_Murfreesboro-TN.html
-James Negley, brigadier general, commanding 2nd Division, Center Wing
The jumbled rocks you see here sheltered the four Union regiments of Miller's brigade during a hard two-hour-long fight. Rebel bullets whined and ricocheted, wounding many. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11JE_morgans-wedding_Murfreesboro-TN.html
In a home which stood here, Brig. Gen. John H. Morgan, CSA, was married to Miss Martha Ready December 14, 1862, by Bishop (also Lt. Gen. CSA) Leonidas Polk. Col. Basil Duke was best man. Among the groomsmen were Gen. Braxton Bragg, Lt. Gen. W.J. H…