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Fighting for Home and Hearth

Stones River National Battlefield

September 5-September 6, 2009

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Listen to the stories of Confederate soldiers from Tennessee and appreciate the higher stakes for those men who were literally fighting to protect their homes and families from the Union invaders.

Program Schedule:

10:00am - The Rutherford Rifles - Visitors will learn about the first group of soldiers to leave Murfreesboro for the war. (Includes an Infantry Demonstration)

11:00am - Wright`s Battery - Learn how artillery supported the efforts of the Confederate cavalry. (Includes a Cannon Firing Demonstration)

1:00pm - The Mayor`s Men - Brigadier General Joseph Palmer led a brigade that included men from Murfreesboro and Rutherford County in the Eighteenth and Forty-fifth Tennessee infantry regiments. (Includes an Infantry Demonstration)

2:00pm - Carnes's Battery - Listen to the story of the cannoneers supporting Donelson`s attack at Hell`s Half Acre. (Includes a Cannon Firing Demonstration)

3:00pm - Fighting with Cleburne - Learn more about the middle Tennesseans who fought on the Confederate left. (Includes an Infantry Demonstration)

4:00pm - Wright's Battery - Watch a cannon fire and hear the story of the unit commanded by Captain E.E. Wright who was killed during the fighting. (Includes a Cannon Firing Demonstration)

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  Tickets: Free Admission

  Info Phone: (615) 893-9501

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  Dates:
  September 5-September 6, 2009

  Times:
  Saturday and Sunday 10:00am, 11:00am, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, and 4:00pm

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  Stones River National Battlefield

  3501 Old Nashville Highway Murfreesboro, TN 37129

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