LT Phisterer of the 2nd Battalion 18th United States Infantry fight alongside other US Infantry Regiments within the Regular Brigade at the Battle of Stones River. On 31 December 1862, the Regular Brigade held a precarious line of battle in the Cedar Forest to allow the Union Army of the Cumberland to stabilize a third line.
Sources used for this episode:
Phisterer, Frederick. The Regular Brigade of the Fourteenth Army Corps, The Army of the Cumberland, in the Battle of Stone River, or Murfreesboro, Tennessee, From December 31st 1862, the January 3rd, 1863. 1883. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044011857356&seq=9.
Scott, Ltc. Robert N., Lazelle, Ltc. Henry M. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser 1, vol. 20, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079609602&view=1up&seq=3.
General Thomas’s report is on page 373, General Rousseau’s on page 380, and Major Frederick Townsend’s report is on page 404.
“Gen. Phisterer, Famous Soldier, Is Dead.” Buffalo News, July 14, 1909. Newspapers.com.