Waiting Anxiously for Tomorrow's Fate - Stones River National Battlefield - Murfreesboro, TN
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YoSam.
N 35° 52.559 W 086° 25.825
16S E 551415 N 3970342
The night before, as the pressure builds, and the unknown grows larger in the imagination.
Waymark Code: WMPJ9Z
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2015
Views: 4
County of marker: Rutherford County
Location of marker: Park Rd. & Path, Stones River National Battlefield, Murfreesboro
Marker erected by: national Park Service
Marker text:
Waiting Anxiously for Tomorrow's Fate
The two armies, over 80,00 men, were now within killing distance of each other. As night settled in, a chilling wind rose. Through the cedar thickets and across muddy fields, the unsettling sounds of moving infantry and artillery could be heard. Some men tried to sleep; others reflected on tomorrow's battle and thought of home.
Through the darkness, the bands of both armies began to play. One band started playing, "Home Sweet Home," and other bands joined in. When the song finished, and uneasy silence lay thick on the night. For many in blue and gray, it would be the last song they would ever hear.