The area between Medical Center Parkway and Wilkinson Pike represents the most desirous lands for development in Murfreesboro.  The new Clari Park property is joining many other commercial buildings and apartments.  The land though was also the site of many important fights on December 31, 1862.  It was here that the Union forces finally were able to delay the massive wave of Confederate victories during the morning hours.
Union General Phillip Sheridan heard ominous sounds during the overnight hours that the Confederates were planning on being on the offensive against the Union right flank.  Despite no action by his superiors, Sheridan got his troops up in the early morning hours to get ready for a fight.  The Confederate flanking action went completely unchecked until the wheeling forces met the prepared Sheridan troops