The sun rises behind a green field with a cannon in the foreground.
On January 2, 1863, fifty-seven Union cannons fired from this line ending the Battle of Stones River by killing or wounding more than 1,800 Confederates in less than an hour. NPS Photo / Buddy Secor

Stones River National Battlefield

National Historic Site · Tennessee · National Park Service

The Battle of Stones River began on the last day of 1862 and became one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Civil War. The battle produced important military and political gains for the Union, and it changed forever the people who lived and fought here.

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Phone
615-893-9501
Official site
www.nps.gov
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Highlights: African American Heritage · Arts · Burial, Cemetery and Gravesite · National Cemetery · Enslavement · Forts · Military · Battlefields · Monuments and Memorials · Reconstruction · Transportation · Trains and Railroads · Wars and Conflicts · Civil War · Animals · Birds · Fish · Tortoises and Turtles · Fire · Geology · Grasslands · Scenic Views

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Photos

  • A ray of sunlight shines on the ground at Stones River National Cemetery.
    NPS Photo / Diana Anderson
  • Two cannons sit in an icy field.
    NPS Photo / Hunter Brooks
  • Union soldiers fire muskets.
    NPS Photo
  • Bicyclists ride down a road bracketed by trees.
    NPS Photo / Brenda Massei

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Sources: National Park Service, Google Places · updated 2026-08-12