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Tag Archives: Franklin-Nashville Campaign
Bled From the Top: Confederate Officer Corps in the 1864 Tennessee Campaign
When the Army of Tennessee returned to its namesake Confederate state in November 1864, the chance to provide a glimmer of hope for the South in the West marched with it. By early December, that same force was decimated after … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 1864, Arthur Manigault, Battle of Nashville, Battle of Spring Hill, Confedeate leadership western theater, Confederate, Daniel Govan, Edward Johnson, Francis Cockrell, Franklin-Nashville Campaign, George Washington Gordon, Henry Jackson, Hiram Granbury, Jacob Sharp, John Adams, John Bell Hood, John C. Brown, John C. Carter, Otto Strahl, Robert Bullock, Samuel French, States Rights Gist, Stephen Dill, Thomas Benton Smith, Thomas Scott, Zachariah Deas
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Pap Thomas to the Sledge of Nashville
The battle of Nashville had ended in a great victory for George Thomas. Congratulations flowed in, but Thomas did not rest on his laurels. Pressing ahead through bitter weather, Thomas drove his infantry and cavalry against Hood’s defeated forces, in a … Continue reading
Nashville: The Second Day
Despite the results of the 15th, Hood determined to fight. That night he pulled his army back two miles to a more compact line, anchored on both flanks by hills along the Franklin Pike (US 31 today) and Granny White … Continue reading
Nashville: The First Day
The Death Ride of the Army of Tennessee climaxed 150 years ago today and tomorrow, as the Union and Confederacy fought one more large-scale battle between the Appalachians and the Mississippi: the Battle of Nashville.
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, USCT, Western Theater
Tagged A. P. Stewart, A.J. Smith, Army of Tennessee, Franklin-Nashville Campaign, George H. Thomas, James Harrison Wilson, John Bell Hood, John M. Schofield, Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Thomas Wood, United States Colored Troops
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Franklin 150th: Artillery Hell
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
Franklin 150th: To Die Like Men
It had all led to this: Major General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, known as the “Stonewall of the West,” galloped up to his brigade commanders assembled on top of Breezy Hill, just south of the little town of Franklin, Tennessee. “He … Continue reading
Franklin 150th: The Last Thing He Ever Saw….
William Decatur Mintz, known as Dee, was born in Randolph County, North Carolina, to a respectable farming family, but like many young me, he saw opportunity on the frontier. Dee ended up in Little Rock, Arkansas, when the Secession Crisis … Continue reading
“Littlepage’s Big Contributions to the Confederacy”
This is another installment of “Tales From the Tombstone.” Littlepage was the middle name of Carter L. Stevenson, a Confederate major general that saw extensive service in the west during the American Civil War. Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia to a … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Monuments, Personalities
Tagged Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Bentonville, Battle of Chattanooga, Battle of Perryville, Bennett Place, Big Black River Bridge, Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Carter Stevenson, Champion's Hill, Confederate Joseph E. Johnston, Edmund Kirby Smith, Florida, Franklin-Nashville Campaign, Fredericksburg, Irvin McDowell, Mexican-American War, Mormon War, P.G.T. Beauregard, Seminole War, Siege of Vicksburg, Virginia, Virginia Infantry, West Point, William Hardee, William Sherman
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