Stones River Slaughter Pen walk on battle's 157th anniversary

Union soldiers crouched behind these rocks, many bleeding from wounds, during the Battle of Stones River on Dec. 31, 1862. A unique battlefield topography.

Gettysburg Then & Now: Confederate dead in Slaughter Pen

The location where Alexander Gardner shot the image of these two fallen Confederates in early July 1863 is just yards from where battlefield visitors park their cars today near Devil's Den. The boulder-strewn Little Round Top appears in the background of the "Now" image.

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