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|   Attack On The Union Left - Franklin TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites Confederate Regiments from Brig. Gen. Thomas Scott's, Brig. Gen. John Adams', and Brig. Gen. Winfield Featherstons's Brigades of Maj. Gen. William Loring's Division advanced under artillery fire through this northwestern parcel of Carnton. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/14/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryN20 km | The Carter House in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Built in 1830, the Carter House was the location of the 1864 Battle of Franklin. Serving as a federal command post before the battle and as a hospital after, the house and grounds are today preserved on 10 acres. In this evening battle lasting only five hours, more Confederate soldiers, including 13 generals, were lost than in Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg.
posted by:  LSUMonica location: Tennessee date approved: 4/6/2006 last visited: 8/18/2018 |
 view galleryN20.1 km | Lotz House Museum in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Tthe historic house built in 1858 by Johann Albert Lotz which became a prominent landmark on the field of the battle of Franklin. posted by: LSUMonica location: Tennessee date approved: 4/6/2006 last visited: 6/14/2018 |
 view galleryN20.8 km |  St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Franklin TN
in Field Hospitals St. Paul's Episcopal Church is the "Mother Church of the diocese of Tennessee," was begun in 1831. It was so damaged through use as a Civil War barracks and hospital that it had to be remodeled in 1870. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 11/16/2022 last visited: 11/15/2022 |
 view galleryN20.8 km | Field Hospitals-Caring for the Wounded - Franklin TN in Field Hospitals The aftermath of the Battle of Franklin almost overwhelmed the population of fewer than 1,000 as the residents adapted many of the buildings in town to care for about 4,000 Union and Confederate wounded posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 11/16/2022 last visited: 11/13/2022 |
 view galleryN20.8 km | Field Hospitals-Caring for the Wounded - Franklin TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The aftermath of the Battle of Franklin almost overwhelmed the population of fewer than 1,000 as the residents adapted many of the buildings in town to care for about 4,000 Union and Confederate wounded posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 5/22/2020 last visited: 10/6/2021 |
 view galleryN20.8 km | Field Hospital at Presbyterian Church - Franklin TN in Field Hospitals The Presbyterian Church was organized in Franklin by the Reverend Gideon Blackburn on June 8, 1811. After the Battle of Franklin (U.S. Civil War-Nov. 30, 1864), the building was used as a hospital by Federal troops. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 3/11/2023 last visited: 3/10/2023 |
 view galleryN20.8 km | Fort Granger - Franklin TN in U.S. Civil War Sites In the spring of 1863, Federal forces commanded by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger occupied Franklin. Construction of major fortifications began under the direction of Capt. W. E. Merrill, the largest of them being placed on Figuers Bluff. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/14/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryN20.8 km | Fort Granger-Franklin Stronghold - Franklin in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman’s supply lines posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 5/22/2020 last visited: 10/6/2021 |
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| Road to Nashville-Columbia Artillery Duel - Columbia TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On November 26, 1864, as Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood’s army approached Columbia, he sent Gen. Stephen D. Lee’s corps to “demonstrate heavily” (feign an attack) against the Federal defenses on the south side of the town. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 5/18/2020 last visited: 10/6/2021 |
 view galleryN20.9 km | City of Franklin in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The City of Franklin has numerous Civil War related sites. The city served as a battleground on two seperate occasions in the Civil War. posted by: LSUMonica location: Tennessee date approved: 4/6/2006 last visited: 9/29/2018 |
 view galleryN21.1 km | Union Headquarters-Planning for Battle - Franklin TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This small building (constructed in 1817 by Dr. Daniel McPhail) was the medical office of Dr. Daniel Cliffe, who lived nearby, in 1864. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 5/22/2020 last visited: 10/6/2021 |
 view gallerySW26.9 km | Delaying Forrest "...a decided stand" - Columbia TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Suddenly, the Union horsemen encountered the advance elements of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry, riding ahead of the main army, near Henryville. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 5/18/2020 last visited: 10/6/2021 |
 view gallerySW34.3 km | The Bigby Greys-Story of Service - Mount Pleasant TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Here on the square, on April 20, 1861, a hundred local men under Capt. Daniel F. Wade were sworn into Confederate service as the Bigby Greys. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 6/18/2020 last visited: 10/5/2021 |
 view galleryN39.9 km | Travellers Rest "The proudest moment of my life" - Nashville TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On December 2, 1864, two days after the bloody Battle of Franklin, Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood established his headquarters here at Travellers Rest, the home of John Overton. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 6/24/2020 last visited: 10/5/2021 |
 view galleryN40.7 km |  Skirmish at Belle Meade Plantation - Nashville TN
in Battlefields In December 1864, during the Battle of Nashville, a small skirmish occurred on the front lawn of Belle Meade Mansion. Confederate soldiers, led by Lt. Bleeker were passing by the Belle Meade Farm and they spotted a group of Union Soldiers. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 3/11/2023 last visited: 3/12/2023 |
 view galleryN40.9 km | War on the Home Front-Belle Meade and Union Occupation - Nashville TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites William Giles Harding, the owner of Belle Meade Plantation, was an ardent Confederate supporter who provided thousands of dollars to help arm Tennessee’s Confederate forces. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 6/24/2020 last visited: 10/5/2021 |
 view galleryN40.9 km | Belle Meade Plantation-The Battle of Nashville - Nashville TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The family of William G. Harding, the owner of Belle Meade Plantation, had a front-row seat to the Battle of Nashville on December 15-16, 1864. Confederate Gen. James R. Chalmers, who served under Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, had his headquarters inside the house. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 6/24/2020 last visited: 10/5/2021 |
 view galleryN40.9 km | Belle Meade Plantation-Change of Ownership - Nashville TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Confederate Gen. William Hicks “Billy” Jackson (1835–1903), who acquired Belle Meade Plantation after the war, served with distinction throughout the Western Theater of the Civil War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 6/24/2020 last visited: 10/5/2021 |
 view galleryN42.8 km | Battle of Nashville - Redoubt No. 1 in U.S. Civil War Sites This is Redoubt No. 1, which was on the left end of the confederate attack line on Dec. 15, 1864. posted by: cgeek location: Tennessee date approved: 4/20/2008 last visited: 3/22/2009 |
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| Connection To Johnsonville-U.S. Military Railroad - Kingston Springs TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites In November 1863, Federal troops occupied Kingston Springs to serve as headquarters for the supervisors of the U.S. Military Railroad Construction Corps. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 6/7/2020 last visited: 10/6/2021 |
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| Dewitt Smith Jobe-Confederate Scout - Smyrna TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Rutherford County native DeWitt Smith Jobe was a member of Capt. Henry B. Shaw’s Coleman’s Scouts, a Confederate cavalry unit and spy network that served the Army of Tennessee. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 6/26/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view galleryN46.5 km | Fort Negley - Nashville, Tennessee in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Historic partially restored Civil War fort now historical park in Nashville, Tennessee listed on the Tennessee Civil War Trail. posted by:  BruceS location: Tennessee date approved: 2/18/2013 last visited: 7/25/2022 |
 view galleryN46.5 km |  Fort Negley - Nashville, Tennessee
in Historic Forts Historic partially restored Civil War fort now historical park in Nashville, Tennessee. posted by: BruceS location: Tennessee date approved: 2/28/2013 last visited: 7/25/2022 |
 view galleryN46.8 km | Nashville Blacks in the Civil War - Nashville TN in Battlefields During the Battle of Nashville (December 1864), nearly 13,000 black soldiers aided in the defeat of the Confederates. By 1865, blacks had assisted the Union Army in building 23 fortifications around Nashville. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 11/30/2022 last visited: 12/1/2022 |
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