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Book Review: Decisions at Franklin: The Nineteen Critical Decisions That Defined the Battle
Decisions at Franklin: The Nineteen Critical Decisions That Defined the Battle. By Andrew S. Bledsoe. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2023. Softcover, 280 pp, $29.95. Reviewed by Lee White Decisions at Franklin: The Nineteen Critical Decisions That Defined the Battle by Dr. Andrew S. Bledsoe is a recent addition to The University of Tennessee […]
Read more...Dusty Bookshelf: The Disruption of American Democracy by Roy Franklin Nichols
The Disruption of American Democracy. By Roy Franklin Nichols. New York: Macmillan, 1948. Hardcover, 612 pages. This book came out in 1948. Americans had by then come to agree that the recent Second World War had been necessary, despite the sacrifices, in order to resist great evil. Professor Roy Franklin Nichols could have viewed the […]
Read more...Franklin Videos for the 159th Anniversary of the Battle
As a reminder, we have a ton of Franklin stuff on the Emerging Civil War YouTube page. Most of it is on the ground, on the battlefield, too! For a deep dive, you can check out this interview with Greg Wade, president of the Franklin (TN) Civil War Roundtable. Greg appeared on with Emerging Civil […]
Read more...Light and Shadows at Franklin Battlefield
It’s been 159 years since the battle of Franklin when Union soldiers commanded by General Schofield stood against the attacks of General Hood’s Confederates. In the freezing darkness of that 1864 day and night thousands of soldiers lay wounded or dead on the field, including 14 Confederate commanders. May these photos take you on a […]
Read more...Franklin Martindale, the Burning of Bedford, and the Lee Family, pt. 3
This post is part of a three-part series. See part one and part two here. Following the burning of Bedford, Henrietta Lee and her family refugeed in Clarke County, Virginia, to the south to stay with their cousins. The family bounced around the county looking for a more permanent place to rent. The war did […]
Read more...Franklin Martindale, the Burning of Bedford, and the Lee Family, pt. 2
This post is part of a three-part series. See part one here. The day after the sickly, 54-year-old Henrietta Bedinger Lee watched her home be consumed by flames, there was still an angry fire burning in her. While she lashed out at Captain Franklin Martindale, the commanding officer tasked with burning Lee’s home, Bedford, and […]
Read more...Franklin Martindale, the Burning of Bedford, and the Lee Family, pt. 1
By the summer of 1864, war was not new to Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Situated along the Potomac River, it had played host countless times to Union and Confederate troops. The entire town served as a hospital for the Confederate army following the nearby battles of South Mountain and Antietam. But the town’s residents were about […]
Read more...ECW Podcast: The Battle of Franklin
Greg Wade of the Franklin Civil War Round Table talks about the final fateful campaign of John Bell Hood’s Army of Tennessee. Listen for free here on our website or by using Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Please be sure to subscribe on your preferred platform to receive two new episodes each month directly into your listening feed. And […]
Read more...The Battle of Franklin: Which One?
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome Gregory L. Wade In modern day Franklin, Tennessee, thousands of residents from outside the state are relocating to this booming area, only a twenty-mile interstate drive south of Nashville. They are brought to Middle Tennessee by corporations moving in not because of the iconic music business, but because […]
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