The Stones River National Battlefield, located three miles northwest of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is administered by the National Park Service. A driving tour, walking trails, museum, bookstore and living history events are offered from the Visitor Center. Much of Fortress Rosecrans, a major Union logistics base, has been preserved in town. More than 6,100 Union soldiers are buried in Stones River National Cemetery. Of these, 2,562 are unknown. Some Confederate dead are buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Murfreesboro.
Stones River Battlefield: What's Nearby
Murfreesboro, TN
Slave Markets, Colored Troops, Freedman’s Bank and Exodusters
Nashville, TN
Civil War Driving Tour of Bowling Green and Warren County
Bowling Green, KY
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park/ Chattanooga Battlefields
Chattanooga, TN
Dover Hotel (Surrender House), Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Dover, TN
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park / Chickamauga Battlefield
Fort Oglethorpe, GA
Preservation
Save 45 acres at Fredericksburg and Stones River Battlefields.
The 91ÇÑ×Ó and our members have saved more than 106 acres at Stones River Battlefield.