Over 81,000 soldiers fought at the Battle of Stones River and every one of them had a story to tell. Fought between December 31, 1862 and January 3, 1863 near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Stones River proved to be a crucial Union victory albeit an enormously costly one as over 25,000 men were killed, wounded, or missing. Weaving dozens of narratives with stunning period imagery of the combatants, historian Dan Masters has crafted a volume that exposes the heart of battle at Stones River and invites further study of this complex and important campaign.
