Opposite a larger Union force of about ten thousand more troops, General Bragg launched a bout in intolerable cold morning fog against the Union troop’s right flank. The assault was originally successful in moving General Rosecrans troops back, but the Yankees did not faultier. A day of substantial combat conveyed significant fatalities and the wretchedness were combined with the freezing weather. The Confederates derived near to victory, but were not relatively able to crack the Union defenses from Stones River. The New Year emerged the next day with each army unyielding in the field and prepared for another fight to the death. Later, this day was nicknamed “New Year’s