Regimentals

Sunday, January 06, 2019

Video: Two minutes in 'The Slaughter Pen' at Stones River


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Four Union regiments in Miller's brigade -- soldiers from Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio -- were sheltered in the limestone labyrinth at the Battle of Stones River (Tenn.) on Dec. 31, 1862. It became known as "The Slaughter Pen" because of the many wounded and dead stacked here.

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