The next morning an equally battered Confederate force attempted a general attack. At a central point of the Union line. Thousands of Mississipians attacked units from Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana in a place that would earn fame as Hell's Half Acre.
The Union soldiers, under Col. William B. Hazen, faced down four separate Confederate attacks with both heavy small arms fire and artillery.
After the war, members of Hazen's brigade established a memorial at Stones River battlefield to commemorate their stand.
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