Hazen's Brigade Monument. This monument was completed in May, 1863, four months after the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The monument is the oldest intact Civil War Memorial and was dedicated to the memory of the soldiers who perished during the battle. Erected between Nashville Pike and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, it is a large stone structure built from thick limestone blocks that stands on the grounds of the Stones River Battlefield National Cemetery. Union Army Colonel William B. Hazen's Brigade participated in the harsh fighting at "Hell's Half-Acre" (also referred to as the Round Forest), and played a principal role in the eventual success of the Union Army on December 31, 1862 (the first day of the battle). Hazen's detachment was the only brigade to maintain its portion of the Union line against repeated Confederate assaults. Hazen was wounded during the attack and was promoted to Brigadier General after the battle. The monument was built by the surviving members of the brigade while they were encamped nearby constructing Fortress Rosecrans. There are inscriptions on all four sides of the monument honoring the units that comprised the brigade, as well as the individual names of officers who fell at the battle. The brigade suffered nearly 500 casualties in the engagement. A time capsule was discovered hidden inside the monument during a restoration in 1985. Nine battle related objects were found including symbolically arranged artillery shells and musket barrels that are now on display in the nearby museum.
Hazen's Brigade Monument. This monument was completed in May, 1863, four months after the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The monument is the oldest intact Civil War Memorial and was dedicated to the memory of the soldiers who perished during the battle. Erected between Nashville Pike and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, it is a large stone structure built from thick limestone blocks that stands on the grounds of the Stones River Battlefield National Cemetery. Union Army Colonel William B. Hazen's Brigade participated in the harsh fighting at "Hell's Half-Acre" (also referred to as the Round Forest), and played a principal role in the eventual success of the Union Army on December 31, 1862 (the first day of the battle). Hazen's detachment was the only brigade to maintain its portion of the Union line against repeated Confederate assaults. Hazen was wounded during the attack and was promoted to Brigadier General after the battle. The monument was built by the surviving members of the brigade while they were encamped nearby constructing Fortress Rosecrans. There are inscriptions on all four sides of the monument honoring the units that comprised the brigade, as well as the individual names of officers who fell at the battle. The brigade suffered nearly 500 casualties in the engagement. A time capsule was discovered hidden inside the monument during a restoration in 1985. Nine battle related objects were found including symbolically arranged artillery shells and musket barrels that are now on display in the nearby museum.
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