Vicksburger
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Dec 16, 2011
- Location
- Saint Joseph
Yes what poignant picture it does present! Is the re-built Cotton Gin going to be built on the original foundation? Thanks for posting.
Yes what poignant picture it does present! Is the re-built Cotton Gin going to be built on the original foundation? Thanks for posting.
By seeing that the bullets appear to be from carbines can't you pinpoint the location of the unit using them if they were at the gin or not.?
When did Mooney school come into being? Why was it on the ground where the battle had taken place?
Yes what poignant picture it does present! Is the re-built Cotton Gin going to be built on the original foundation? Thanks for posting.
Thanks Eric, it may be better anyway to see the original foundation than some reconstruction.At this point, after much deliberation, I doubt very much the gin will be reconstructed. Interpretive signage is planned for 2016, and we may erect the outline of the gin (showing it scope, both width and height) using steel beams, but the cost of reconstruction is prohibitive and by using the outline idea visitors can still see the stone foundation. My hope is that we unveil final plans in the spring of 2016.
I might add this is a joint project between Franklin's Charge, the Battle of Franklin Trust, the Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area, and the City of Franklin, so all parties are involved.
Agreed. Part of the original foundation would be better than nothing.Thanks Eric, it may be better anyway to see the original foundation than some reconstruction.
You had a solo tour with the guides all to yourself. All I can say is, you were one lucky man! I love Franklin, it is one of my favorite battles to study!!I signed up for this tour last month ($30.00). I arrived today at the Lotz House and found out I was the only one on this tour. I had a blast and I gathered a ton of useful information about this brutal conflict. I highly recommend a tour with Tom and Jamie!!!
Bill
You had a solo tour with the guides all to yourself. All I can say is, you were one lucky man! I love Franklin, it is one of my favorite battles to study!!
Is the Lotz house open to the public? I know many years ago it was being used as a museum, I have a uniform that came out of there when it was, but as far as I know it is a private residence now, I have not been to Franklin for a few years...I signed up for their tour in October of last year. I met them at the Lotz House and I had them all to myself. I had an absolute blast!!!
Bill
Thank you!!The Lotz House is open to the public for tours and they have a ton of relics throughout the house. Check out their website and contact J.R. for assistance. Wonderful human being....
Thanks Bill for these photographs. I am completely taken by the battles of Franklin and Nashville as Hood came through my town of Florence on the way. A friend of my son's was married on the grounds of the Carnton Plantation and it was absolutely wonderful. A beautiful fall day and got to tour the mansion after the wedding. Blood still remains on the wooden floors upstairs. It is so much history I could not take it all in. Thanks again.
Sad day for Army of Tennessee.