Jumat, 07 Juli 2017

Tullahoma gets no respect

Crucial gains in Tennessee are eclipsed by Vicksburg and Gettysburg in July 1863. Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans was entrenched—literally—in Murfreesboro. The nominal Union victory at Stones River in January 1863 secured a foothold in Middle Tennessee, and Rosecrans’ Army of the Cumberland spent the next six months constructing a 200-acre fortress (named for its commander) …

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