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The Battle of Franklin was fought on November 30, 1864, in Franklin, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin–Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. It was one of the worst disasters of the war for the Confederate States Army .
The Joint Expedition Against Franklin was a joint engagement between the United States Army and Navy against the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.The engagement was intended to move Union forces into an area where Confederate forces were gathering as they prepared to move on Suffolk, Virginia.
Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia [A]), the District of Columbia, and six territories (Arizona ...
The First Battle of Franklin was fought April 10, 1863, in Williamson County, Tennessee, during the American Civil War.It was a minor engagement in about the same location as that of the more famous Battle of Franklin (November 30, 1864), which was part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign.
The Franklin–Nashville campaign, also known as Hood's Tennessee campaign, was a series of battles in the Western Theater, conducted from September 18 to December 27, 1864, [5] [6] in Alabama, Tennessee, and northwestern Georgia during the American Civil War.
John Carpenter Carter (December 19, 1837 – December 10, 1864) was an American lawyer who became brigadier general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and died of wounds received at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee. [1]
Franklin Battlefield was the site of the Second Battle of Franklin, which occurred late in the American Civil War. It is located in the southern part of Franklin, Tennessee , on U.S. 31 . It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
Battle of Franklin: Confederate Order of Battle (Civil War Trust) Johnson's Division - Night attack at Franklin Battlefield Marker; U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies; Series I, Volume XLV