Stones River Artillery Monument
On January 2nd, 1863 at 3:00 P.M.
there were stationed on this hill
fifty-eight cannon commanding the field
across the river, and as the Confederates
advanced over this field, the shot and shell
from these guns resulted in a loss of
eighteen-hundred killed and wounded
in less than an hour.
Marker can be reached from Battlefield Pkwy, on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
