Between Dec.31st, 1862, and Jan 2, 1863, over 80,000 Union and Confederate troops converged in the cotton fields and forests near Murfreesboro, TN. At the end of those three days, nearly 24,000 men were killed, wounded, or captured, one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. While the Union forces claimed victory, they actually suffered almost 3,000 more casualties.