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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 .
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
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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Franklin of the American Civil War on November 30, 1864. Order of battle compiled from the army organization [1] during the campaign. [2] The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.
Second Battle of Franklin † Hiram Bronson Granbury (March 1, 1831 – November 30, 1864) was a lawyer and county judge in Texas before the American Civil War . He organized a volunteer company for the Confederate States Army after the outbreak of the Civil War and became its captain.
Second Lieutenants Benjamin Kirgan of F Company and Samuel Warner of K Company were killed in action at Franklin. First Lieutenant James Dunlap of E Company was mortally wounded and died 11 December 1864. [2] [1] One source listed the 44th Missouri's losses as 67 killed, 43 wounded, and 39 captured, for a total of 149 casualties at Franklin. [22]
The flag of the combined 5th/13th Arkansas was issued in March 1864 and was captured by Benjamin Newman of the 88th Illinois Infantry at the battle of Franklin. [16] The consolidated regiment numbered just 300 rifles and sustained 66% casualties during the Battle of Franklin.
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.