Stone's River

Stone’s River: The Turning-Point of the Civil War is by Wilson J. Vance. The contents list names, among others, the chapters North and South in 1862, Foreign Relations in 1862 and The First Day’s Battle. The book says that it was at Stone’s River that the South was at the very pinnacle of confidence and warlike power, and that it was there that she was halted and beaten back, never again to exhibit such strength and menace. The book says that Southern valor was manifested in splendid lustre on many a field thereafter, but the capacity for sustained aggression was gone.

General Braxton Bragg, Commander of the Army of the Tennessee, sent Richmond the message "God has granted us a happy New Year!" at the close of the first day's fighting. The book says the Confederate President paid a visit to his generals and their forces in Tennessee and Mississippi. The text lists balls, receptions and theatrical entertainments, and says that one evening, in the presence of a brilliant throng, General Morgan took unto himself a wife.