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Tag Archives: Battle of Franklin Trust
“Doing Justice to Their Share”
“[H]istory has not yet done justice to the share borne by colored soldiers in the war for the Union,” wrote Col. Thomas Jefferson Morgan, commander of a USCT brigade at the battle of Nashville. A statue installed in the town … Continue reading
Western Swing: Day 06
The American Battlefield Trust took a day off yesterday posting videos from our trip. (I think they’re trying to time things out so that our videos from Nashville show up on the anniversary of the last day of the battle!) … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Preservation
Tagged ABT, American Battlefield Trust, Battle of Franklin Trust, Carter Cotton Gin, Carter House, Chris Mackowski, Eric Jacobson, Franklin, Franklin's Charge, Garry Adelman, Joseph Ricci, Kris White, Patrick Clebourne, Preservation, Western-Swing-2021
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Western Swing: Day 05
For day five of our video swing of western battlefields with the American Battlefield Trust, we skipped ahead to 1864. This was an exciting opportunity for me to do some interpretation on some battlefields I’d never had the chance to … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Preservation, USCT
Tagged Army of Tennessee, Battle of Franklin Trust, Brices Cross Roads, Brices Crossroads, Chris Mackowski, Eric Jacobson, Franklin, Garry Adelman, John Bell Hood, Kris White, Missed opportunity at Spring Hill, Parker Hills, Spring Hill, USCT, Western-Swing-2021
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Echoes of the Lost Cause: Autumn of the Lost Cause
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog The last month has been one of dislocation for those of us devoted to studying the Civil War and Reconstruction. Nathan Bedford Forrest was literally relocated, or at … Continue reading
Posted in Monuments, Reconstruction, Slavery, USCT
Tagged 54th Massachusetts, Alabama, American Battlefields Trust, Battle of Franklin Trust, Brown's Island, Emancipation Memorial, Franklin, John Knox, Lost Cause, Mary Bowser, Memphis, monument avenue, Nathan Bedford Forrest, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Patrick Young, Reconstruction Blog, Richmond, Rippavilla, Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Slavery, USCT, William Carney
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Saving History Saturday: New Historic Marker To Be Unveiled at Franklin Battlefield
The following article is an original press release from Williamson County Chamber on August 26, 2021 FRANKLIN, Tenn. – The Battle of Franklin Trust will unveil an historic marker sponsored by the American Battlefield Trust recognizing the enslaved at Rippavilla … Continue reading
Saving History Saturday: 2.3 Acres Saved At Franklin Battlefield
In August 2020, The Battle of Franklin Trust, Save the Franklin Battlefield, Friends of Franklin Parks, and American Battlefield Trust partnered to purchase another piece of important hallowed ground in Tennessee. $107,500 saved the 2.3 acre parcel which was part … Continue reading
Preservation of the Franklin Battlefield
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
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Personalities, Preservation
Tagged Battle of Franklin Trust, Carter Cotton Gin, Civil War Trust, Eric Jacobson, Franklin's Charge, Heritage Foundation of Franklin, Lee White, Patrick Cleburne, Save the Franklin Battlefield
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No NPS? No Problem!—Franklin
Part Eleven in a series prompted by the federal government shutdown. At press time, Congress had approved a budget but it had not yet made its way to the president. by Lee White Of all the battlefields of the civil war not … Continue reading
