Force of a Cyclone: The Battle of Stones River, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863 (Caroline Ann Davis, Robert M. Dunkerly - CWC adams Swift Rebel raiders like the

Swift Rebel raiders like the CSS Shenandoah decimated Union commerce while hundreds of storm-tossed blockaders patrolled the meandering southern coastline from Hatteras to Galveston to interdict enemy commerce

from ex-slaves from the Deep South to champions of abolitionism such as Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth

at Little Big Horn

Throughout the days

Gettysburg (including Pickett’s Charge)

Force of a Cyclone: The Battle of Stones River, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863 (Caroline Ann Davis, Robert M. Dunkerly - CWC adams Swift Rebel raiders like theby Caroline Ann Davis Robert M. Dunkerly All of Middle Tennessee held its breath when the new year dawned in 1863. One day earlier on December 31, Braxton Braggs Confederate Army of Tennessee faced off against William Rosecranss Federal Army of the Cumberland just outside Murfreesboro along Stones River. The commanders, who led armies nearly equal in size, had prepared identical attack plans, but Bragg struck first. His morning attack bent the Federal