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The Battle of Stone River - Henry Myron Kendall
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Title: The Battle of Stone River
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Military Order of the Loyal Legion
OF THE
United States.
COMMANDERY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
WAR PAPERS.
49
The Battle of Stone River.
prepared by Companion
Major HENRY M. KENDALL,
U. S. Army,
AND READ AT THE STATED MEETING OF NOVEMBER 4, 1903.
The Battle of Stone River.
After the battle of Perryville, October 8, 1862, a rather leisurely pursuit of Bragg’s retreating forces was made on the roads to Cumberland Gap, but no engagement was brought on. It soon appeared that Bragg did not intend to again give battle in Kentucky, but would withdraw into Tennessee and join the force under Breckenridge which had been left to watch Nashville during the invasion of Kentucky. Buell concluded that Bragg would concentrate his entire force near Nashville and endeavor to capture that place and somewhere in its vicinity fight a decisive battle which would determine the fate of West Tennessee and Kentucky. Buell therefore discontinued his pursuit and turned his forces toward Nashville, placing them mainly at Bowling Green, Glasgow, and other points on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
A great deal of pressure had been brought to bear upon the Administration to make a campaign in East Tennessee, a mountainous region whose people were mostly loyal. General Halleck in Washington planned a