Trivia 6-21-19 & Bonus

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1) Colonel Osmun Latrobe
Bonus
1) Captain Theodrick ”Tod” Carter
2) Rosencrantz
3) Denoting the state line*
Regards
David
*Source Tennessee's Forgotten Warriors: Frank Cheatham and His Confederate Division by Christopher Losson
Page 203
https://books.google.com/books?id=g5DTDdArMoQC&pg=PA197&lpg=PA197&dq=sign+greeting+cheathams+confederates+going+into+tennessee+november+1864&source=bl&ots=9xxccjGNpg&sig=ACfU3U1eff8Cccic8-AjRhAnpTzgsPP5zQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt_vLhwvviAhVDiqwKHVrNCVg4ChDoATAHegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=sign greeting cheathams confederates going into tennessee november 1864&f=false
 
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Col Osmun Latrobe https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8623247/osmun-latrobe

bonus:
Captain Theodrick “Tod” Carter …
Mortally wounded Nov. 30th 1864 Just 525 feet from his home, his horse went down and a volley of nine bullets fell the young captain. He died Dec. 2nd 1864 in the home he was born in.

Horse - Rosencrantz He mounted him some of last words where "Follow me Boys I'm almost home"!!

Sign - "Tennessee a Grave or Free Home" Was a sign that Gen. Cheatham's men saw as they crossed into Tennessee (November 22, 1864) BTW - Rev. C.D. Elliott had a sign made and put up.
 
Identify: Col. Osmun Latrobe

Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8623247/osmun-latrobe

Bonus:
1) Captain Theodrick (Tod) Carter - 20th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A.
2) Rosencrantz
3) As we approached the State line, we saw stretched over the road a white strip of cloth about a yard wide and four yards long on which these words were boldly written: ' Tennessee's A Grave Or A Free Home '
 
My answer for the photograph is John H. Hobart who served on Longstreet's staff as A.A.G. until his wounding on May 6, 1864 at the Wilderness?
My answers for the Bonus Questions are as follows: The answer for the first part is: Captain Theodrick Tod Carter. His horse's name was Rosencrantz. The third answer is: "Tennessee-A Free home or grave."
David.
 
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Osmun Latrobe


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Sources:
https://archive.org/details/frommanassastoap38418gut (about 24 clicks to the right will bring this photo up!)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8623247/osmun-latrobe

bonus
Answer
Theodrick Carter
was the soldier, but known to all as “Tod”,
within 2 days, he’d be dead, and now rests under the sod.
On that day, a brave soldier, as with his men he leads,
on his horse Rosencrantz, his most beloved steed.
He had a date with destiny in Franklin, Tennessee,
never knowing he’d be home when he’d faced his enemy.
A bullet there to stop him, no more longer does he roam,
the sign they saw: “Tennessee, A Grave or A Free Home”.
Sources

1. http://www.williamsonherald.com/fea...cle_95d0431c-6d3c-11e4-9649-b7cb10965903.html
2. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/17700/rest-haven-cemetery
3. https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/10-facts-battle-franklin
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=hbsl1KxAGC4C&pg=PA226&lpg=PA226&dq=Quarle's+Brigade,+November+21,+1864+crossing+into+Tennessee&source=bl&ots=pLnOImgF8F&sig=dyXRnjxygMqci2dhZVV5Y7OZbaI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV5bv4gNbaAhWld98KHbviD4kQ6AEIYTAG#v=onepage&q=Quarle's Brigade, November 21, 1864 crossing into Tennessee&f=false
 
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