28 Ys 4 Mo 28 Ds.
A member of Co B 64 Reg OVI
The battle in which George Snyder lost his life is known as the Battle of Stones River. The Confederate soldiers attacked near dawn on December 31. Lieutenant Tunnel of the Fourteenth Texas Infantry described confusion among the Union trops:I have laid down my life for my
country’s sake at the battle of
Murfreesboro in the state of
Tennessee December 31, 1862
Many of the Yanks were either killed or retreated in their nightclothes … We found a caisson with the horses still attached lodged against a tree and other evidences of their confusion. The Yanks tried to make a stand whenever they could find shelter of any kind. All along our route we captured prisoners, who would take refuge behind houses, fences, logs, cedar bushes and in ravines.
The three-day battle was one of the bloodiest of the war. Both sides suffered a higher percentage of casualties at the Battle of Stones River than any other major Civil War battle.
“Stones River National Battlefield (U.S. National Park Service).” U.S. National Park Service - Experience Your America. Web. 22 July 2011. <http://www.nps.gov/stri/index.htm>.
“Battle of Stones River.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 22 July 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stones_River>.
Pleasant Cemetery, Marion County, Ohio