Chalmers’ Brigade at Murfreesboro Marker

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Murfreesboro in Rutherford County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Chalmers’ Brigade at Murfreesboro

By Bill Coughlin, July 31, 2003

1. Chalmers’ Brigade at Murfreesboro Marker

Inscription. General James R. Chalmers Mississippi Brigade (CSA) advanced across these fields at 10 a.m. on December 31, 1862, to attack the Union center at the Round Forest. Their advance was part of General Braxton Bragg’s plan to crush the Union right flank early in the morning and then turn on the center. After holding for 48 hours, Chalmers’ men left muddy rifle pits on a hill 200 yards southeast and advanced past the Cowan House ruins 100 yards to the southeast.

Reverse Side:
The Cowan House, which burned before the battle, obstructed their advance and forced the brigade to break and re-form in the area under a murderous crossfire of Union artillery and infantry fire from the Round Forest, 200 yards to the northwest. After Chalmers was knocked senseless by an exploding shell, the unit retreated. Later in the afternoon, it re-formed under Colonel T. W. White of the Ninth Mississippi Regiment.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3A 160.)

Location. 35° 52.412′ N, 86° 25.558′ W. Marker is in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in Rutherford County. Marker is on Old Nashville Hwy, on the left when traveling north. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Murfreesboro TN 37129, United States of America.

Other nearby markers.

Reverse Side of Chalmers’ Brigade Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Bill Coughlin, July 31, 2003

2. Reverse Side of Chalmers’ Brigade Marker

This is one of two markers found at this location.

At least 3 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Donelson’s Brigade at Murfreesboro (here, next to this marker); Stones River Artillery Monument (approx. 1 mile away); Forrest’s Murfreesboro Raid (approx. 2.7 miles away).

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Another marker of Confederate troops at Murfreesboro during the Battle of Stones River.

Also see . . . Stones River. CWSAC Battle Summaries website. (Submitted on July 27, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey.)

Credits. This page originally submitted on July 27, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 106 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. Submitted on July 27, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey.