Want to learn about history in a whole new way? “The Struggle at Asbury Lane: Infantry and Artillery Demonstrations” is set to take place on Saturday, August 9 from 11 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at Stones River National Battlefield (3501 Old Nashville Hwy, Murfreesboro).
Go to the fields behind the park visitor center to learn more about the fighting at Asbury Lane and its impact on the combatants.
Programs will take place at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. and include firing demonstrations by U.S. & Confederate Infantry and Union Artillery.
More about the Struggle at Asbury Lane
During the afternoon of December 31, Confederate Gen. Patrick Cleburne sought to crush the battered remnants of the U.S. Army of the Cumberland’s Right Wing and cut his enemy’s line of supply and retreat. The Confederates ran into fresh Union troops rushed to the scene, kicking off a savage fight along a little dirt road called Asbury Lane. U.S. infantry and artillery slowed then stopped the Confederates, helping to seal their victory at the Battle of Stones River.
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