UNION SOLDERS RETREATED ACROSS THIS FIELD ON JANUARY 2, 1863, PURSUED BY CONFEDERATE TROOPS UNDER MAJ. GEN. JOHN C. BECKINRIDGE. THE SOUTHERNERS WERE STOPPED BY MENDENHALL'S ARTILLERY POSTED AT THIS POSITION.
THE INSCRIPTION READS, "ON JANUARY 2ND, 1863 ...
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IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE 15TH, 16TH, 18TH & 19TH U.S. INFANTRY AND BATTERY H, 5TH U.S. ARTILLERY, WHO WERE KILLED OR DIED OF WOUNDS, RECEIVED AT THE BATTLE OF STONE RIVER, TENNESSEE, DECEMBER 31ST 1862 TO JANUARY 3RD 1863.
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