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tuning into the podcast. As promised with this show we're starting some year in review episodes in which we'll look back at what

happened in 1863. As you guys may recall we did the same thing when we reached

the end of 1861 and 1862 on the podcast timeline.

We think these episodes are not only a nice way to review the things that we talked about on the show, but also a good way to cover other things that weren't part of the main storyline.

We're going to jump right in, but as we start off, we actually need to go back to the last

day of December 1862, because as some of you may recall, as the federal and were locked in battle outside the town of Murfiesboro. That's right. The Battle of

Stones River had started on December 31st and didn't end until the second day of the

new year.

The fighting pitted the 38,000 Confederates

of Braxton Braggs Army of Tennessee

against the 47,000 Federals of William Rosecrans Army of the Cumberland.

Stones River became the deadliest battle of the Civil War in proportion to number of troops engaged, with more than one-third of the

rebel force killed, wounded or missing, and the Yankee Army suffering 31% casualties.

Lieutenant James Mitchell of Company B of the 34th Alabama will write to his father,

quote, Our Company suffered very severely. Six men were killed outright and

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