Being quite a significant event, the Battle of Murfreesboro would have been covered by every newspaper printed in the United States as well as many outside the country. For some idea as to how many newspapers there were, eighty or more were being published in the State of Alabama in 1860. Plus, over time a single newspaper might print dozens of articles about the battle as new stories surfaced. If you need a quest to keep you occupied for the next several years, collecting newspaper accounts about Murfreesboro would be a good one.