… around the spot where the monument was erected… to the best of 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 Brigade Monument in 1863
It may surprise you to learn that the monuments 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 & 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.
Subext (1):
War correspondent Alfred Waud did this quick combat sketch of the Army of the Cumberland fighting in Tennessee in 1863.
Subtext (2): 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.
Subtext (3): Soldiers Buried Here
6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
United States Army
September 1861 - January 1865
Franz Bassel
Joseph Moas
Charles Hitner
John Matly
Joseph Kram
James Mulberry
Kasper Krebs
B. Shneller
Adam Moas
John Velton
41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry
United States Army
September 1861 - September 1865
Harrison Hues
Albert McFarland
Charles Stansell
Lory Kidwell
Joseph Parish
Joel Strong
John Lenhart
Henry Simons
Ebenezer Troutman
Charles Lilley
Jeremiah Snider
Sylvester Winchester
Alexander Maxwell
Peter Snyder
9th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
United States Army
September 1861 - January 1865
John Clauson
Isaac Senks
Landon Farquier
Orton Shore
William Gibbs
Daniel Willis
Jonathan Herald
Charles Zoellars
George Hyler
110th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
United States Army
September 1862 - June 1865
A. Arnold
Abraham Culley
Jesse Payne
Haywood Beasley
Ross Dethro
Aaron Redferrin
William Bowling
Leander Gillam
James Rice
Jonathan Browning
Moses Jordan
Alexander Southerland
William Burk
C.M. Parish
Willis Stricklin
Jonathan Catron
James Parks
Two Unknown Soldiers
Battery F, First Ohio Light Artillery
United States Army
August 1861 - July 22, 1865
