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Looking Back: Battle of Franklin

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

This year Lee White’s book on the Battle of Franklin – Let Us Die Like Men – joined the ECW series. There is also a collection of the blog posts from past years about the battle. However, on the 155th … Continue reading →

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How I Got Hooked on Franklin: The Story Behind Let Us Die Like Men

Posted on February 8, 2019 by lwhite1864

My story for Franklin began when I was around ten years old. The stories my grandparents told inspired my love of history, and my dad’s fateful purchase of Bruce Catton’s American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War sparked my … Continue reading →

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On the Way to Franklin

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Chris Mackowski

A footpath parallels the road that leads to Carnton Plantation on the Franklin Battlefield. Tomorrow is the anniversary of the battle: November 30, 1864.

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ECW on C-SPAN: Lee White and the Battle of Franklin

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Emerging Civil War

Just in time for the anniversary of the battle of Franklin: Lee White’s talk from the Third Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge! Lee spoke on the Army of Tennessee’s ill-fated but successful assaults at the battle of … Continue reading →

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ECW on C-SPAN: Lee White and the Battle of Franklin

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Emerging Civil War

The next-to-last segment from the Third Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge airs this Saturday on C-SPAN3: Lee White’s talk on the battle of Franklin. The episode airs at 6:00 p.m. on C-SPAN 3. Meanwhile, Steve Davis’s talk … Continue reading →

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Symposium Spotlight: William Lee White and the Battle of Franklin

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Emerging Civil War

As we close in on our annual symposium, we like to highlight the speakers that we have invited to present at the event. We are excited to welcome William Lee White to this years symposium lineup. Lee is traveling in … Continue reading →

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Day Five: Franklin

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

Part thirteen in a series The losses at Franklin are the stuff of legend: six thousand-plus Confederate casualties, plus six dead Confederate generals. John Bell Hood threw the 30-thousand men of the Army of Tennessee against Federal fortifications, winning the battle … Continue reading →

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Preservation of the Franklin Battlefield

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Emerging Civil War

From ECW Correspondent Jason Klaiber Over the last ten years, the Civil War Trust has worked tirelessly to reclaim the once-lost Franklin battlefield in central Tennessee, where Confederates attacked Union forces on November 30, 1864. The attack ignited horrific, close-quarters … Continue reading →

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Franklin 150th: Artillery Hell

Posted on November 30, 2014 by lwhite1864

One of the things often remembered about Gen. John Bell Hood’s attack is that it was made without artillery support. Like many of the aspects of Franklin, this isn’t entirely true. In fact, there were a few batteries present, one … Continue reading →

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Franklin 150th: “I never saw the dead lay near so thick.”

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Ryan Quint

It was a near-run thing—John M. Schofield’s Federals steadily marching down the Columbia Pike towards Franklin through the night of Nov. 29 while sitting close to their camp fires were the Confederates of John B. Hood. The two former West … Continue reading →

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