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Learn more about Theodore O’Hara’s Bivouac of the Dead.
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Historic Structures in
Stones River National Cemetery
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Headstones
There are 7,100 marble headstones in Stones River National Cemetery. More than 6,100 mark the graves of Civil War soldiers. The rest are for veterans, and some family members, of wars and peacetime through the 1970’s.
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Cemetery Wall
Men from the One Hundred Eleventh United States Colored Infantry began work on the wall surrounding Stones River National Cemetery in 1866.
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Flag Pole
A ship’s mast used to hold the United States’ flag high above the cemetery landscape. The current pole is still a central feature of the cemetery.
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U.S. Regulars Monument
Erected in 1882, this sandstone monument topped with a bronze eagle commemorates the Western Regular Brigade and its pivotal role in the Battle of Stones River.
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Forty-third Wisconsin and One Hundred Eightieth Ohio Marker
This marker is dedicated to the men who manned the blockhouses that protected the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad during the Union occupation.
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Bivouac of the Dead
Iron tablets containing stanzas of Theodore O’Hara’s poem grace most national cemeteries.
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Standing Cannons
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Cannonball Pyramid
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