The year closed with the battle of Murfreesboro (December 30).

The evidence

• “The year 1862 closed with the battle of Murfreesboro. There, on the 30th of December, in the service of Pennsylvania, but acting as Aide to Gen.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/12-rock-county-ch06-politics-war-record.md, PDF p. 479 / book p. 483

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources