Decisions at Stones River ─ The Sixteen Critical Decisions That Defined the Battle

Matt Spruill, a retired US Army colonel, Civil War historian and lecturer, former Gettysburg battlefield guide, and author, and Lee Spruill, a retired US Army lieutenant colonel and author, delineate 16 key decisions made before and during the Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, during the Civil War, when the Army of the Cumberland and Army of Tennessee fought from December 1862 to January 1863 and the Union forces eventually won. They outline key decisions made by Confederate and Union commanders William S. Rosecrans and Braxton Bragg that defined the battle, focusing on the development of the battle and campaign and why events happened, rather than what happened, including strategy, operations, tactics, organization, logistics, and personnel decisions. They discuss each decision in terms of the situation, the options available to the decision maker, the decision made, the results, and possible outcomes from other potential decisions. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)