McFadden Farm Site Obelisk - Stones River Battlefield - Murfreesboro, TN
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YoSam.
N 35° 53.284 W 086° 25.555
16S E 551814 N 3971685
The Nashville, Chattanoga & St. Louis Railway played a major role in memorializing Civil War battlefields. The company bought land and installed signs and this monument to promote train excursions to the sights.
Waymark Code: WMMCNH
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2014
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County of obelisk: Rutherford County
Location of obelisk: Van Cleave Lane, Stones River Battlefield, Murfreesboro
Erected by: Shops of N.C. & St. Louis Railway
Date erected: July, 1906
Monument text:
On January 2nd, 1863, At 3:00 P.M.,
There were stationed on this hill, fifty-eight cannon, commanding the field across the river. And as the Confederates advanced over this field, the shot and shell from these guns, resulted in a loss of eighteen-hundred killed and wounded, in less than an hour.
Since this civil war battle was fought over positioning for a major rail lines, in the early 20th century the NC&StL Railway listed the battlefield as a stop and point of interest. In 1906, the company erected a 31-foot obelisk to commemorate the January 2, 1863, position of massed Union artillery used to repel a Confederate assault on Union troops across the river.