The Battle of Stones River: The Fight for Murfreesboro

Seeing all those "dead and injured" bodies on the battlefield, try to imagine what it truly looked like, with limbs shattered or blown off, heads blasted open, huge gaping wounds in torsos and chests. What a nightmare. The devil indeed came to greet them, but the angels took them home.

The Confederate forces under Bragg were The Army of Tennessee, not "The Army of the Tennessee," repeatedly referred to in the video. The latter was a Union outfit then commanded by U.S. Grant.

The dead time where minutes are wasted showing reenactors with ZERO narrative speaking of the battle is NONSENSE. Show better maps...

I've been watching these videos one after the other for the last five or six hours. The best, I think, I have ever watched. The reenactment battles scenes are the most realistic I have ever seen. Definitely two thumbs!

Awesome piece of history, and how tragic....

This battle provides a good microcosm of the Civil War as a whole. Confederate troops come up with a good strategy, exploit some bad planning on the part of the Union, and make some impressive gains. Then they make some bad mistakes of their own, which the Union exploits to its advantage. In the end, the Union suffers numerically greater casualties, but a smaller percentage of its troops, and it goes on like that for four years.

Wide awake films? Quite the contrary. Boring & lame, don't waste your time with this pos account of Stones River battle.

Amazing acting and narroration along with great insight .

I'm from Murfreesboro and the courthouse on the square is the same courthouse that was there during the war. You can see where there are bullet holes from the war still. If you look in the pillars and the bricks you can see where they painted over them but they are still there. It's pretty cool

Any peace time army is saddled with incompetent
Officers. Only battle sorts things out.

Shiloh was the bloodiest battle in Tennessee.

Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation PROCLAMATION and the Conscription Act at the same TIME! Winter of 1862. Because He was Desperate for warm bodies to fight his War! Lincoln believed if he could FREE the slaves, that he could declare them "Citizens" and Conscript them into his Army.

At that same time regiments, of Union troops were sent to meet the immigrant ships, coming into the New York City harbor, to Conscript ever newly arriving male immigrant into the Union Army. And the immigrants men were taken to t hff e Civil Wars' front lines, without any training: Only to become cannon fodder for the South.

Also by the battle of ANTIETAM.. many Union men were sick of War, for they had heed Abraham Lincolns' first call for 75,000 men for 90 days service.. And the 90 days had long past. And the Union Soldiers enlistment were fulfilled. The Union men went HOME and would NOT re enlist.

Instead, many of these Union Veterans lead protest against the War and the senseless killing.

By 1863 no Farm crops had been grown in the North for 2 years and the ENTIRE USA was in STARVATION. Including Abraham Lincolns' Union Army.

To feed Lincolns' Army: Lincoln even ordered the confiscation of farms in the North for Food. Making the Food shortages for the people even worse: Until the Union Veterans that had served earlier, in the Civil War, formed Veteran Militias to protect their communities Farm Families food supplies. And many small scrimmages broke out between Regular Maurdering Union Army soldiers and Veteran Militias..in the Northern States. The scrimmages became so numerous and violent in Southern Indiana and Ohio, that Abraham Lincoln sent a telegram to Lew Wallace at Fort Morton, in Indianapolis, Indiana stating, "To stop sending Union troops to do small farms confiscations for FOOD: Because he was loosing to many of Union Troops, that he could NOT afford to loose. And He could NOT Afford to have a second Gettysburg in the North."

By 1863, Abraham Lincoln was out of money to fund his War. And regular Army troops had not been paid in months. And many of the regular Union Army troops were mutinying. Especially as they went into battle at Gettysburg.

Abraham Lincoln became so desperate for Money and for enlistments that along with his Conscription Act of 1863: if you could pay Abraham Lincoln $300 when you were called for Conscription You did NOT have to SERVE. This laid the new Conscription act on Poor American Northerns, for the Wealth North Eastern Industrial men could Pay Abraham Lincoln the $300, to dodge the draft and the POOR American men could NOT, especially the FARMERS. The 5 boroughs in New York CITY, New York poor men could not pay the $300, so they protested the War and full blown Riots broke out and they about tore down the City. To stop the rioting. Abraham Lincoln did the same thing he did to the PORT of Charleston, South Carolina: Lincoln ordered the Union War ships to NEW YORK CITY HARBOR and he BOMBED NEW YORK CITY!! Killing people of all RACES...
IF YOU CAN JUSTIFY THIS TYRANNY. Something is seriously wrong with YOU.. IN THE USA CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC!
Where the People RULE BY REPRESENTIVES. That the Constitution REQUIRES 100% participation...How could have Abraham Lincoln been making Laws when the Southern States Representatives were not in the Congress?

Thank you for putting this up.

damn it Bragg

Narrator...It's pronounced Murfreesboro with an R. Not Murphysboro.

Yankee Bias! Confederates fought for a government of, by and for the people!

I hope the blacks are reenactment too you idiots

South was never going to win the war it was impossible for them no education

They don't mention Nathan Bedford Forrest much.

Way too much meaningless reenactment, not enough factual narration

Those rebellious yells as they prepare a resting place, who's making popcorn and where's Denzel Washington? Did they leave them out to convince people they had ran back north or had embarrassing part's that their confidence was at stake failure of a soul has to be one of those beliefs so I can see that happening or people could think they didn't participate they were busy writing the series.

Those tactics are horrible and I see the North had some issues also but the south it was survival

Glorified reenactments suck...

Braxton Bragg carries a large portion of the blame for Southern defeat in the Civil War. Jefferson Davis must hold the brunt for keeping Bragg and others particulars in command. Bragg regularly would win the battle and still retreat. The Kentucky Campaign shortly before this battle was a Confederate success but Bragg retreated. Stones River was a battle in their hands but against all advice Bragg again retreated. Abandoning Chatanooga instead of digging in. Failure to follow up victory at Chicamauga. The destruction of unity in subordinates and the morale of troops are all directly caused by his inept command skills. He made the Army of Tennessee the hard lick army of the war.

These are very well done.

Union losses were larger than the Confederates in the battle

the whole war was gonna be a union win, it was really never in doubt. manpower and industry would have seen to that.

This was an interesting story with way too much reenactment going on. The length of time devoted to simply gun fire being exchanged, made this history lesson boring.

My GGrandfather died in this battle. Daniel C. C. Leonard, 11th Michigan Infantry, Company C.

12-31-1862

My great great grandfather and great great great uncle both in the 32nd Tennessee Infantry fought at Murfreesboro

This narrator keeps misprononcing the name MurfReesboro MurfRRRRReseboro! He leaves out the 2nd R!!!

Gday, I am Australian but I have always been obsessed with the American civil War, in 1981 my Aunty went on holidays to the states and bought me back among many other gifts a confederate forage cap! It started from that. Haha. I even did it as a school project as a kid in primary school, I was in a small country school, so my teacher drove me into the closest bigger town to go to the library to find any info we could on the civil war. My teacher really enjoyed learning about it too. She was the best. She made me want to become a teacher. I’m am so stoked to have found this channel and all these incredible documentaries. These are some of the best I have seen! I Sadly I was planning and half booked my trip of a lifetime to visit the states and go to all these battle sites and museums but to also fish all your incredible trout streams, I was almost ready to go in months, but I was then diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma. So the trip had to be canceled, I was devastated, I thankfully survived so I started to plan it again, but then a year later they found it in my neck and thyroid. So I gave up on my bloody dream adventure and now have to just watch documentaries and read books to compensate haha. I don’t think I’ll get over there now, oh well. I was wondering if anyone here might be able to recommend any other documentaries or books that they recommend for me to watch/read? Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance. Cheers from ya mate in Australia! Haha. Stay safe

Visited the battlefield with my Father. between my love of civil war history.and time spent with my Dad.i still hold it dear in my heart.

Stones river was another Shiloh....and initial brilliant Confederate attack was torn to pieces the next day.....I did not realize the similarities until now!

I had a great great grandfather who was a confederate soldier fought at Stones River. He survived the battle and the war. There needs to be a real movie about this battle.

so many men died of typhus which they got from lice and lice were terrible - little did they know that lice lay their many eggs on the back of the neck - if men has shaved all the hair on the back of the head many would have lived but you know a man likes his manly hair and beard !

Terrible but fascinating war.

My great great Grandfather was aide to camp to General Edward Kirk commander of the 34th Illiinois volunteers. They were positioned on the right flank of the Union line. They were one the first units hit by the rebel charge. General Kirk was shot that day and died later in summer of 1863 at home.

My g.g. grandfather, Private John Gallagher Cummins fought at Stones River on behalf of the Union Armies 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. He was first stationed at the McFadden farm artillery line where 57 cannons were used to repel the Confederates across the Stones River to the south. Infantrymen were responsible for providing small arms cover for the artillery crews. He was then sent briefly to the very heart of the battle in the cotton field adjacent to hells half acre. Unbelievably, he survived the war after also fighting at Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Kennesaw Mountain Ga., and accompanying Sherman to Atlanta. Eventually by the end of the war he was in the Carolinas. I'm so proud of his service!

Obese reinactors are funny! Lol

ALL THE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT HAS EVER DONE IS LIE. THNEY USED "SLAVERY", JUST TO KEEP BRITAIN AND FRANCE AWAY FROM CONFEDERACY. COWARDS

What a waste! 15 minutes of facts and narration, 35 minutes of fake whoops and hollers.

The first Rosecrans blunder. Chickamauga was fatal for his leadership next.

My great grandfather x4 and his brother fought in this battle. My great uncle fell in one of the last bayonet charges that pushed the confederates back for good. My great grandfather was severely wounded, and it took days before they were found together, and were buried together also. A freeman from the south, was helping out with the wounded & food, and he noticed the grave had life to it, my great grandfather x4 was still alive, his name was Calvin Faye Jones, such a tragic tale. He was soon discharged, and re joined for one year later on. He was originally 36th Illinois infantry

If only Stevensons Division was on the field.

A great uncle died on the 31st in the woods over there just behind where the Sam’s Club is on Old Fort Pkwy. That’s where the first fighting took place. Most of that is developed now and not part of the Park

Rosecrans running around like a duck that had been hit on the head.

There’s way too many gaps without narration here