Force of a Cyclone: The Battle of Stones River, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863 (Caroline Ann Davis, Robert M. Dunkerly - CWC lantern Sharp as a bayonet and

Sharp as a bayonet and piercing as a bullet

dying nine days earlier

as the powers of the Old World declined to intervene in the American conflict

as well as supervision of an active farm operation

Confederate newlyweds Brigadier General Gabriel C

Force of a Cyclone: The Battle of Stones River, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863 (Caroline Ann Davis, Robert M. Dunkerly - CWC lantern Sharp as a bayonet andby 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