Remembering Sacrifices - in Stone

Remembering Sacrifices - in Stone. . , "...around the spot where the monument was erected...to the best recollection 113 of our regiment were killed and wounded...it is hoped that the monument will remain standing as a memorial to the gallant and patriotic men of General Hazen's brigade who fell...in defense of Union and Liberty." , Edward Crebbin, 1st Lieutenant, 9th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in charge of building the Hazen Monument in 1863, It may surprise you to learn that the monument you see on most Civil War battlefields were built 30 or more years after Appomattox. As battlefield veterans entered the final chapter of their lives, they wanted to honor and preserve the memory of the sacrifices they had seen., The Hazen Brigade Monument you see ahead is unlike any other. Union soldiers built it in 1863, just six months after the battle. At that time, the outcome of the war was still impossible to predict. Comrades of the men buried here - not civilian contractors - laid up these stones. Before the famous marble monuments at Shiloh, Chickamauga, or Gettysburg existed, travelers riding the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad would see this somber stonework - a constant reminder of what it cost Hazen's Brigade to stand fast all day long at Stones River., It is the oldest intact Civil War monument in the nation., Soldiers Buried Here , 6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry , United States Army , September 1861 - January 1865 , Franz Bassel - John Lenhart , William Buck - Albert McFarland , James Davis - Thomas Nicolas , Calvin Hart - Joseph Parish , Harrison Hughes - James Porter , Lovy Kidwell, 41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry , United States Army , October 1861 - November 1865 , Henry Cardwell - John Martly , George Cotton - Joshua McKee , Charles Hitner - James Mulberry , Joseph Kram - Bernard Schneller , Joseph Maas - Charles Todd , Adam Mans, 9th Indiana Volunteer Infantry , United States Army , September 1861 - September 1865 , Jesse Quick - John Wagoner - Isaac Sinks , Emmer Rossiter - Landon Forquar - George Weathers , Henry Simmons - Daniel Hall - Daniel Willis , Jeremiah Snyder - Jonathan Herald - Charles Zollers , Ebaneze Troutman - George Huyler , Sylvester Winchester - Henry Kesler , Joel Strong - Orton Shore, 110th Illinois Volunteer Infantry , United States Army , September 1862 - June 1865, Jesse Payne , James Rice , Willis Strickling , Unknown soldier from Illinois , Unknown soldier from Illinois, Colonel William B. Hazen , This 31-year old, no-nonsense West Pointer commanded a brigade of four volunteer infantry regiments: the 6th Kentucky, the 41st Ohio, the 9th Indiana, and the 110th Illinois. Over 400 of Hazen's troops fell in battle here at Stones River.