Fortress Rosecrans Trading Card

Fortress Rosecrans

Defense and Occupation
This rare photograph shows men and cannons that defended Fortress Rosecrans. The earthen walls of the fort stretched three miles and protected a supply center crucial to the Union army's drive to Chattanooga. For the people of Murfreesboro, Fortress Rosecrans loomed as a grim reminder that the Union army controlled their town.

 

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