Tennessee

On a November afternoon in 1864, Confederate soldiers from Tennessee advanced into battle against Federal lines entrenched two miles north, with Winstead Hill serving as the place of assembly and an observation point during the fighting. Tennessee regiments present for the campaign included Quarles Brigade with the 42nd, 46th, 48th, 49th, 53rd, and 55th Tennessee Infantry; Granbury’s Brigade with the 35th Tennessee Infantry and 5th Confederate Infantry of Memphis; Maney’s Brigade with the 1st, 4th (Prov), 6th, 8th, 9th, 16th, 27th, 28th, and 50th Tennessee Infantry; Strahl’s Brigade with the 4th, 5th, 19th, 24th, 31st, 33rd, 38th, and 41st Tennessee Infantry; Vaughn’s Brigade with the 11th, 12th, 13th, 20th, 47th, 51st, 52nd, and 154th Tennessee Infantry; Smith’s Brigade with the 2nd, 10th, 20th, 30th, and 37th Tennessee Cavalry; Marshall’s Tennessee Battery; Phillip’s Tennessee Battery; Rucker’s Brigade with the 7th, 12th, 14th, and 15th Tennessee Cavalry; Forrest’s Escort Tennessee Cavalry; Biffle’s Brigade with the 10th Tennessee Cavalry; Bell’s Brigade with the 2nd, 19th, 20th, and 21st Cavalry; Nixon’s Regiment Tennessee Cavalry; and Morton’s Tennessee Artillery. Courage and sacrifice marked the day as nearly 7,000 Confederate soldiers failed to leave the field of battle. The Battle of Franklin was the most brutal engagement of the decisive Tennessee Campaign of the winter of 1864, and the Army of Tennessee continued fighting until the war’s end in 1865.

Franklin, Tennessee · United States