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Franklin 150th: “I never saw the dead lay near so thick.”
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
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Emerging Civil War
Tagged 125th Ohio, 24th Wisconsin, 36th Illinois, 44th Illinois, 74th/88th Illinois, Army of the Cumberland, Army of the Ohio, Arthur MacArthur, Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Chattanooga, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Franklin, Battle of Shiloh, David Stanley, Emerson Opdycke, George D. Wagner, John Bell Hood, John M. Schofield, John Q. Lane, Joseph Conrad, Patrick Cleburne
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The Kennesaw Line: Charles Harker and the “tornado of fire”
Newton’s right brigade was led forward on the fateful morning of June 27 by 27-year-old Brig. Gen. Charles Garrison Harker, a charismatic, handsome, and talented young New Jersey native. Harker had become a stand-out in the Army of the Cumberland … Continue reading
