Stones River Cedar Glade and Barrens State Natural Area State Park

(Tennessee)

Stones River National Battlefield, a 570-acre (2.3 km2) park along the Stones River in Rutherford County, Tennessee, three miles (5 km) northwest of Murfreesboro and twenty-eight miles southeast of Nashville, memorializes the Battle of Stones River. This key battle of the American Civil War occurred on December 31, 1862 and January 2, 1863, and resulted in a strategic Union victory. (Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stones_River_National_Battlefield)