Stones River National Battlefield
Battlefield remnants, the national cemetery, earthworks, and the Hazen Brigade Monument interpret the 1862–63 fight and the occupation, emancipation, and community changes that followed it.
Artwork inspired by Lloyd Branson
The military outcome was narrow, but Union control of Middle Tennessee mattered strategically and politically. Freed people built lives around nearby Fortress Rosecrans; the landscape therefore connects combat to occupation, labor, refugee experience, and citizenship.
Start with the visitor-center map because modern development fragments the battlefield. Walk the loop to the Hazen monument, then visit Fortress Rosecrans separately; road crossings and summer heat make the compact-looking site slower than expected.
- visitor-center battle map
- Geography clarifies the battle
- Hazen Brigade Monument
- Nation’s oldest intact Civil War monument
- Fortress Rosecrans
- Occupation reshaped Murfreesboro
Quick guide
- First move
- At Stones River National Battlefield, begin with visitor-center battle map: Battlefield remnants, the national cemetery, earthworks, and the Hazen Brigade Monument interpret the 1862–63 fight and the occupation, emancipation, and community changes that followed it.
- Second look
- Hazen Brigade Monument: The military outcome was narrow, but Union control of Middle Tennessee mattered strategically and politically.
Build the visit around three specific anchors
- Start with
- visitor-center battle map: Battlefield remnants, the national cemetery, earthworks, and the Hazen Brigade Monument interpret the 1862–63 fight and the occupation, emancipation, and community changes that followed it.
- Look closely at
- Hazen Brigade Monument: The military outcome was narrow, but Union control of Middle Tennessee mattered strategically and politically.
- Connect the story
- Fortress Rosecrans: A costly battle whose aftermath reshaped Murfreesboro.
- Plan around
- Start with the visitor-center map because modern development fragments the battlefield.
Good to know
Stones River National Battlefield: walk the loop to the Hazen monument, then visit Fortress Rosecrans separately; road crossings and summer heat make the compact-looking site slower than expected.
Notice these
- visitor-center battle map
- Hazen Brigade Monument
- Fortress Rosecrans