THE BATTLE OF STONE’S RIVER.

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Forest,” in which Wagner’s brigade was posted. The line of battle trendingirregularly southward, facing east and accommodating itself to the characterof the ground, was much nearer the Confederate line in front of McCookthan on the left, where the flanks of the contending armies were separated byStone’s Eiver. At 4 o’clock General McCook reported the alignment of theright wing, together with the fact that two divisions of Polk’s corps and twoof Hardee’s were in his front, extending far tohis right out the Salem pike. General Rose-crans objected to the direction of McCook’sline, and said it should face strongly south,and that Johnson’s division, in column of regi-ments at half distance, should be held inreserve in rear of Davis’s right at close musket-range ; but he left the arrangement of his right

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wing with thecorps command-er, who had beenover the ground.^

The right wing,generally occupy-ing a wooded ridgewith open groundin front, wasfurther protected

flom surprise by 2 monument to the dead op the regular brigade, stone’s river cemetery.an outlook over a 2 - CAKNON inscribed with the number buried in stone’s river cemetery.

3. stone’s river cemetery (see map, p. CIS)—the nasiiville railroad inHarrow cultivated the foreground, from photographs made in 1884.

4 - During the afternoon, General McCook beinginformed that Ms line was greatly overlapped byDie enemy, Johnson’s division was moved up onDavis’s right. Kirk’s brigade on the left wasformed on the right of Post, but was advancedslightly to obtain position in the front edge ofa woodland, commanding the ground in front.Willich ’s line was refused to the right and rear

of Kirk’s, and Baldwin was in reserve. The leftwing maintained substantially the same positionit had assumed the previous night. The pioneerbrigade, under Captain Morton, was posted onStone’s River , in rear of Wood, to prepare fords."Rousseau came up with Scribner’s, Beatty’s andthe Regular brigade, and took position in rearof Negley.—G. C. K.