Battle

First Battle of Murfreesboro

13 Jul 1862 · 35.85° N, 86.39° W

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13 Jul 1862
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Battle
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35.85° N, 86.39° W
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1862 battle of the American Civil War

First Battle of Murfreesboro

1862 battle of the American Civil War

The First Battle of Murfreesboro was fought on July 13, 1862, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, as part of the American Civil War. Troops under Confederate cavalry commander Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest surprised and quickly overran a Federal hospital, the camps of several small Union units, and the jail and courthouse in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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