Natchez Trace Parkway - Tennessee
Stones River National Battlefield, TN

The Battle of Stones River cost 12,706 Union casualties and 9,870 Confederate. Although the battle was tactically indecisive, it provided a much-needed boost to the North after the defeat at Fredericksburg when the Union troops retreated. Lincoln later wrote to General Rosecrans, "I can never forget [...] you gave us a hard-earned victory, which had there been a defeat instead, the nation could scarcely have lived over."

The 600-acre National Battlefield includes Stones River National Cemetery, established in 1865, with more than 6,000 Union graves.