Hazen's Brigade Monument, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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N 35° 52.594 W 086° 25.643
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Hazen Brigade Monument, one of the oldest Civil War memorials.
Waymark Code: WM414A
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 06/21/2008
Views: 66
Col. William B. Hazen's brigade defended Round Forest. The monuments inscription reads:
On the south side:
HAZEN'S BRIGADE, TO THE MEMORY OF ITS SOLDIERS WHO FELL AT STONE RIVER, DEC. 31ST 1862. "THEIR FACES TOWARD HEAVEN, THEIR FEET TO THE FOE." The monument was erected in 1864 and inscribed in 1864.
On the west side:
THE BLOOD OF ONE THIRD OF ITS SOLDIERS TWICE SPILLED IN TENNESSEE CRIMSONS THE BATTLE FLAG OF THE BRIGADE AND INSPIRES TO GREATER DEEDS.
Killed at Stones River Dec. 31st 1862
Lt.Col. Geo.T.Cotten, 6th Ky, Vols.
Capt. Chas. S. Todd, 6 Ky, Vols.
Capt. Isaac M. Pettit, 9th Ind. Vols.
1st Lt. Calvin Hart, 41st O. Vols.
1st Lt. L.T. Patchin, 41st O. Vols.
2nd Lt. Henry Kessler, 9th Ind. Vols
2nd Lt. Jesse G. Payne, 110 Ill. Vols.
On the North side:
ERECTED IN 1863 UPON THE GROUND WERE THEY FELL
Forty First Infantry Ohio Volunteers, Lt. Col. A Wiley
Sixth Infantry Kentucky Volunteers, Col. W. E. Whitaker
Ninth Infantry Indiana Volunteers, Col. W. H. Blake
One Hundred and Tenth Infantry Illinois Volunteers, Col. T. S. Casey
Nineteenth Brigade Buell's Army of the Ohio.
Col. William B. Hazen 41st Inf'try O. Vols. Commanding
On the east side:
THE VETERANS OF SHILOH HAVE LEFT A DEATHLESS HERITAGE OF FAME UPON THE FIELD OF STONE RIVER
Killed at Shiloh April 7th 1862
Capt. James Houghton, 9th Ind. Vols
1st Lt. & Adj. T.J. Patton, 9th Ind. Vols.
1st Lt. Joeseph Turner, 9th Ind. Vols.
1st Lt. Franklin E. Pancoast 41st O. Vols.
2nd Lt. Chauncey E. Takott, 41st O. Vols.
2nd Lt. Anton Hand, 6th Ky. Vols.
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: members of Hazen's Brigade in 1863
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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Date Installed or Dedicated: Not listed
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