Hazen Brigade Monument
5.0 (1)attraction
5.0 (1)Built by Union troops to honor their fallen, this is widely recognized as the nation's oldest intact Civil War monument.
Description
Erected in late 1863 in Murfreesboro, the stone monument marks the burial site of soldiers killed at the Battle of Stones River. The structure was raised by troops of the Union Army's 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 21st Army Corps, commanded by General William B. Hazen.