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The First Battle of Murfreesboro was fought on July 13, 1862, in Rutherford County, Tennessee , as part of the American Civil War . Troops under Confederate cavalry commander Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest surprised and quickly overran a Federal hospital, the camps of several small Union units, and the jail and courthouse in Murfreesboro, Tennessee . All of the Union units surrendered to For...
The land for Evergreen Cemetery was donated to the town of Murfreesboro by Dr James Maney of Oaklands Plantation in May 1872; but a portion was a slave cemetery for the plantation in the mid 1800s. When it opened, local residents purchased family lots and often moved their deceased family members to the new cemetery, so according to some researchers there are older memorials including Revolutio...
Middle Tennessee State University, commonly abbreviated as MTSU or MT, is a comprehensive coeducational public university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university is composed of eight undergraduate colleges as well as a college of graduate studies, together offering more than 80 majors/degree programs through more than 35 departments. MTSU is most prominentl...