The Sleep Inn Smyrna Tennessee hotel is just 12 miles from Stones River National Battle Field. This Gold-Award Winning Smyrna TN hotel offers free high speed internet, free breakfast, an indoor pool, and a fitness center.

Hours:
Open daily, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Closed Christmas Day

Admission:
No admission charged

Stones River National Battlefield is a 600-acre national park and cemetery dedicated to preserving the memory of those who fought and died at this crucial Civil War battle. Living history demonstrations are presented on the weekends during the summer months with a special encampment featured in July. The visitor center offers a museum and orientation program.

A fierce battle took place at Stones River between December 31, 1862 and January 2, 1863. General Bragg's Confederates withdrew after the battle, allowing General Rosecrans and the Union army to control middle Tennessee. Although the battle was tactically indecisive, it provided a much-needed boost to the North after the defeat at Fredericksburg. 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; and the Hazen Brigade Monument, believed to be the oldest, intact Civil War monument still standing in its original location. Portions of Fortress Rosecrans, a large earthen fort constructed after the battle, still stand and are preserved and interpreted by the National Park Service. Much of the nearly 4,000-acre battlefield is in private hands.

Directions from Smyrna Sleep Inn & Suites to Stones River National Battlefield:

1. Take a left out of the Smyrna Sleep Inn and Suites parking lot and proceed Northwest  on Highwood Blvd.
2. At the stop sign, turn right.
3. Turn right at the next intersection onto Sam Ridley Pkwy East.
4. Sam Ridley Parkway East becomes TN-266 East.
5. Merge onto I-24 E toward Chattanooga.
6. Merge onto TN-840 E via Exit 55 toward Smyrna Murfreesboro.
7. Turn Right.
8. Turn Left onto W. College Street/Old Nashville Highway.
9. End at Stones River National Battlefield
   3501 Old Nashville Highway, Murfreesboro, TN 37129, US

Total Est. Time: 14 minutes     Total Est. Distance: 12 miles

The above photograph is lent to us courtesy of the National Park Service.