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Part of American Civil War

Battle of Stones River

December 31, 1862 – January 2, 1863 · Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Result Tactically Inconclusive; strategic Union victory due to Confederate withdrawal

Battle of Stones River on 31 December 1862, an important Union victory that provided a much-needed morale boost after the Union's recent defeat at Fredericksburg. It reinforced President Abraham Lincoln's foundation for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, which ultimately discouraged European powers from intervening on the Confederacy's behalf.

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Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
William S. Rosecrans Major General, Commander of the Army of the Cumberland George H. Thomas military commander Alexander McDowell McCook military commander David S. Stanley military commander Thomas Leonidas Crittenden military commander
Braxton Bragg General, Commander of the Army of Tennessee William J. Hardee military commander Joseph Wheeler military commander Leonidas Polk military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
41,40045,000
Casualties
13,90613,249
Killed
1,6771,730, 1,730
Wounded
7,5437,543, 7,870, 7,802
Missing
3,6864,000, 3,717
Guns
100
Guns lost
28
Strength
34,73238,000
Casualties
10,266
Killed
1,2941,300, 1,294
Wounded
7,9458,000, 7,945
Missing
2,5001,100, 1,027
Guns
120
Guns lost
6

Units

Army of the Cumberland Strength 41,000 William S. Rosecrans Major general · 1862–1863 XIV Corps (Union Army) The Center Wing (George H. Thomas), designated XIV Corps on January 9, 1863; at Stones River the whole army was still styled XIV Corps William S. Rosecrans Major general · 1862–1863 2nd Ohio Infantry Regiment XX Corps (Union Army, 1863) The Right Wing (Alexander McDowell McCook), designated XX Corps on January 9, 1863 XXI Corps (Union Army, 1863) The Left Wing (Thomas Leonidas Crittenden), designated XXI Corps on January 9, 1863 Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland David S. Stanley David S. Stanley Brigadier general 147th Regiment (United States) 21st Ohio Infantry Regiment
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2nd Missouri Infantry Regiment (Union) 33rd Ohio Infantry Regiment 6th Indiana Infantry Regiment 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment
Army of Tennessee Strength 35,000 Braxton Bragg General · 1862–1863 First Corps, Army of Tennessee Polk's Corps Leonidas Polk Lieutenant general · 1862–1863 Second Corps, Army of Tennessee Hardee's Corps William J. Hardee Lieutenant general · 1862–1863 Wheeler's Cavalry Corps Joseph Wheeler Joseph Wheeler Major general · 1862–1865 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Confederate) 8th Confederate Cavalry Regiment

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