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The First Battle of Murfreesboro was fought on July 13, 1862, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, as part of the American Civil War. Troops under Confederate cavalry commander Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest surprised and quickly overran a Federal hospital, the camps of several small Union units, and the jail and courthouse in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. All of the Union units surrendered to Forrest, and the Confederates destroyed much of the Union's supplies and destroyed railroad track in the area. The primary consequence of the raid was the diversion of Union forces from a drive on Chattanooga.

Murfreesboro is a city in, and county seat of, Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 152,769 according to the 2020 census, up from 108,755 residents certified in 2010. Murfreesboro is located in the Nashville metropolitan area of Middle Tennessee, 34 miles (55 km) southeast of downtown Nashville. It served as the state capital from 1818 to 1826. Today, it is the largest suburb of Nashville and the sixth-largest city in Tennessee. The city is both the center of population and the geographic center of Tennessee. Since the 1990s, Murfreesboro has been Tennessee's fastest-growing major city and one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. Murfreesboro is home to Middle Tennessee State University, the largest undergraduate university in the state of Tennessee, with 22,729 total students as of fall 2014.

The Rutherford County Courthouse in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is a Classical Revival building from 1859. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is one of six remaining antebellum county courthouses in Tennessee

WGNS (1450 AM) is a radio station based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. The call letters are an acronym representing the phrase, "Good Neighbor Station". The station covers Murfreesboro, Tennessee proper as well as the surrounding counties. WGNS also operated class A television station WETV-CD channel 11, which simulcast the audio from WGNS and local talk programming until the cancellation of its license on August 3, 2021. The station also has one FM translator at 101.9 FM and another at 100.5 FM, which are both licensed to Murfreesboro.

WETV-CD (channel 11) was a low-power, Class A independent television station in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. Owned by The Rutherford Group, it was sister to radio station WGNS (1450 AM). WETV-CD's transmitter was located at the intersection of Broad and Church streets in Murfreesboro, sharing tower space with WGNS.

First Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 210 N. Spring Street in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The congregation was founded on April 10, 1812. Its original building was used a hospital by both sides in the Civil War and was destroyed. It was replaced by a new building completed in 1867. After the building was extensively damaged by a tornado in 1913, it was restored, with modifications to the design of the roof and structure. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places with a recorded completion date of 1914, corresponding to the post-tornado reconstruction. The new building was designed by Nashville architect D. Anderson Dickey and built by local contractors Maugans & Bell.

Bradley Academy Museum is a historic school building in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, that now serves as a museum and community center.

The John C. Spence House is a historic house in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.. It was the fraternity house of the MTSU Pike chapter from 1974 to 1981.

The Childress-Ray House is a historic house in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. It was built in 1847. In 1874, it was purchased by John Childress, the brother of U.S. First Lady Sarah Childress Polk, brother-in-law of U.S. President James K. Polk, and the father-in-law of Tennessee Governor John C. Brown. Former First Lady Sarah Polk was a frequent visitor.The house was first designed in the Greek Revival architectural style, and later remodelled in the Italianate architectural style. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 27, 1979.

The Landsberger-Gerhardt House, also known as the Fite-Anderson House, is a historic house in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built in the Antebellum era for a merchant. It is listed on the National register of Historic Places.

The Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church at 224 S. Maney Avenue. It was built in 1889 and added to the National Register in 1995.It is a one-story brick building on a brick foundation. The congregation, established in 1866, is the oldest African-American congregation in Rutherford County.

The Collier-Lane-Crichlow House was a historic house in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. It was built circa 1850 for architect Sterling P. Jones, who designed in the Federal, Georgian and Greek Revival architectural styles. It was purchased by brothers Jessie A. Collier and Newton C. Collier in 1858. Four of Murfreesboro's mayors from the Collier-Crichlow family lived in the house: Ingram Collier, Newton B. Collier, James H. Crichlow Jr., and N. Collier Crichlow. It was restored by new homeowners in 1975. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 23, 1978. It was demolished in January 2023, and was delisted from the National Register in October 2023.