Murfreesboro in Rutherford County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Waging War by Rail
Lyman S. Widney, sergeant major
14th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Wagons pulled over the unpaved roads of the 1860s could not hope to compete with either the speed or volume available by railroad.
Redoubt Brannan was built within rifle-shot of both the Nashville Pike and - more importantly - the railroad that joined Nashville to Chattanooga and points south. For the United States Army to be able to operate hundreds of miles inside hostile territory, these arteries of transportation had to be safe-guarded at all costs. The warehouses of Fortress Rosecrans kept the Union army supplied as it drove south through the Confederate heartland to Atlanta.
Erected by Stones River National Battlefield - National Park Service - U.S. Department of the Interior.
Location. 35° 51.528′ Click for map. Located in the Redoubt Brannan section of the Stones River National Battlefield. Marker is in this post office area: Murfreesboro TN 37129, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Bum Proof Stockade (within shouting distance of this marker); Redoubt Brannan (within shouting distance of this marker); Battle at Stones River (within shouting distance of this marker); They Passed This Way (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Battle at Stones River (approx. 0.2 miles away); A Vast Depot (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lunette Palmer (approx. 0.4 miles away); Fields of Fire (approx. 0.4 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Murfreesboro.
Also see . . . Stones River National Battlefield. National Park Service site. (Submitted on November 7, 2010, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)
Categories. • Forts, Castles • Railroads & Streetcars • War, US Civil •
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