Hazen's Monument
This unique memorial is the oldest intact Civil War monument in the nation. Located off the Old Nashville Highway near Thompson Lane, it was erected in 1863 by members of Col. William B. Hazen’s Union brigade in memory of the unit's casualties in the Battle of Stones River.
 Hazen’s Brigade, the 9th Indiana, 41st Ohio, 6th Kentucky and 110th Illinois, were posted at the edge of what was known locally as the Round Forest astride the tracks of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad.
Hazen's men were the only Union soldiers to hold their position throughout the fighting on December 31, 1863. They would repel four attacks across the fields of the Cowan Farm in fighting so bitter that the soldiers named the place “Hell's Half-Acre.”
Items from a unique Civil War era time capsule were discovered inside the monument and are now on display at the battlefield’s museum.
If you only have time for a quick battlefield stop, this is the place. Admission is free.
Next, Stones River National Cemetery
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