Tennessee: Tennessee Civil War Trails
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First called City Cemetery, this is the resting place of both Confederate and Union soldiers. On November 4,1862, a train wreck south of Cleveland killed 17 Confederate soldiers who are buried here in a mass grave. Nearby engagements in 1863 resulted in the…
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Confederate Gen. Willaim Loring's division marched across the McGavock plantation during the battle. Anticipating heavy casualties, his officers chose Carnton for a hospital.
The main house was a sound choice. Less than a mile (.6 km) from the Union tr…
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Today's Carnton presents a quiet pastoral setting, but before the Civil War, John and Carrie McGavock's farm would have looked more like a bustling agricultural factory.
Their plantation encompassed 700 acres, more than three times the amount of open l…
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How costly was the Battle of Franklin? More Americans became casualties in this five-hour battle than were lost in the first twenty-four hours of the Invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious assault in history.
In both battles, there …
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In the Battle of Franklin, Confederate Gen. William W. Loring's division formed the far right flank of the Confederate assault line. Numbering approximately 3,500 men, it marched across these fields and smashed into the Federal lines. The attempt to take th…
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On September 28, 1861, local men sympathetic to the Confederacy gathered in this field to form the Williamson County Cavalry (Co. F, 4th Tennessee Cavalry). The local newspaper pronounced the company composed of "about 100 of the finest looking men we …
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Several Federal gun crews delivered relentless fire to this portion of the Franklin battlefield late in the afternoon of November 30, 1864. At least fourteen of the Union's thirty-six fieldpieces engaged at Franklin could hit the Eastern flank here. The Con…
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More than 700 Union soldiers were made prisoners before, during, and after the Battle of Franklin. Although the war was almost over, many of them would never see their homes again. The vast majority were taken to prison camps in Cahaba, Alabama, and the inf…
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During the Civil War, topography played a major role in shaping events. The Battle of Franklin was a prime example.
When Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood's 20,000 men charged across these fields, the steep hills to their left and the angling Harpeth River…