Franklin Battlefield Tour

[BibleHillVol]

I was finally able to tour the battlefield at Franklin and was impressed with the work that has been done by the Battlefield Trust in securing property and restoring the area around Carter house as much as they have. My 2G Grandfather was a part of Strahl's brigade at Franklin and I was wondering if anyone knows where the 31st Tn Infantry was exactly located in the battleline. I am assuming that the 31st was somewhere near where the works bend back as their casualty numbers weren't as high as those that were being raked by the artillery and rifle fire from across the Pike and down their lines.

 

[huskerblitz]

They had a really good map in the Visitor Center that listed the location of various Union regiments, I'm not sure about Confederate troops. I can check tonight, though.

 

[JOHN42768]

Welcome, enjoy

 

[bdtex]

My 2G Grandfather was a part of Strahl's brigade at Franklin and I was wondering if anyone knows where the 31st Tn Infantry was exactly located in the battleline.

Franklin | Nov 30, 1864

The American Battlefield Trust's map of the November 30, 1864 battle of Franklin, Tennessee. Over the years, the Civil War Trust has actively worked to reclaim this battlefield on which 6 Confederate generals lost their lives.

www.battlefields.org

 

[bdtex]

I was finally able to tour the battlefield at Franklin and was impressed with the work that has been done by the Battlefield Trust in securing property and restoring the area around Carter house as much as they have.

Franklin is the first Western Theater battlefield that I visited. I have been back 3 times since that first visit. I even got married there in November 2021. There is something new to see every time I visit there. My last visit was October 2022. I think I will wait until the new Visitor Center is open before going again.

 

[danny]

Great place to visit

 

[gunny]

Strahl's brigade followed Gordon's initial breakthrough and trailed behind by about six hundred yards or more. Although you can't pinpoint any specific Confederate regiment at the battle, it's safe to say that the brigade would have spread itself about a hundred yards frontage after funneling in towards the pike and original breakthrough. Probably no less than twenty yards to the east of the pike towards the Gin House and eighty or more yards to the west towards the current visitor center.

 

[BibleHillVol]

Strahl's brigade followed Gordon's initial breakthrough and trailed behind by about six hundred yards or more. Although you can't pinpoint any specific Confederate regiment at the battle, it's safe to say that the brigade would have spread itself about a hundred yards frontage after funneling in towards the pike and original breakthrough. Probably no less than twenty yards to the east of the pike towards the Gin House and eighty or more yards to the west towards the current visitor center.

Thanks for the information Gunny. That is about what I had figured. It is a wonder anyone came out unscathed.

 

[bdtex]

It is a wonder anyone came out unscathed.

Baptism of Fire : The 44th Missouri, 175th Ohio and 183rd Ohio at the Battle of Franklin is a good read about some of the men your ancestor likely met in battle. Read it last year myself.

Baptism of Fire — The Battle of Franklin Trust Store

by Eric A. Jacobson Baptism of Fire focuses on the 44th Missouri, 175th Ohio, and 183rd Ohio. The book follows the units from their organization in the late summer and fall of 1864 until they went home in the summer of 1865, but the real focus is a detailed account of how they helped to turn the

store.boft.org

 

[BibleHillVol]

Baptism of Fire : The 44th Missouri, 175th Ohio and 183rd Ohio at the Battle of Franklin is a good read about some of the men your ancestor likely met in battle. Read it last year myself.

Baptism of Fire — The Battle of Franklin Trust Store

by Eric A. Jacobson Baptism of Fire focuses on the 44th Missouri, 175th Ohio, and 183rd Ohio. The book follows the units from their organization in the late summer and fall of 1864 until they went home in the summer of 1865, but the real focus is a detailed account of how they helped to turn the

store.boft.org

From their location on the field and where Strahl's men were, I would say there is a great probability that they "traded" a few rounds with each other.

 

[KianGaf]

Thinking about going to Nashville in the fall for vacation. Is it possible to get to the battlefield via public transport. I'd love to visit that battlefield. It was a very tragic affair. I was reading Sam Watkins again recently and what he leaves unsaid about the battle tells you everything you need to know about it.

 

[bdtex]

Thinking about going to Nashville in the fall for vacation. Is it possible to get to the battlefield via public transport. I'd love to visit that battlefield. It was a very tragic affair. I was reading Sam Watkins again recently and what he leaves unsaid about the battle tells you everything you need to know about it.

Not much left of the Nashville battlefield...a few isolated sites.

 

[KianGaf]

Not much left of the Nashville battlefield...a few isolated sites.

Apologies afaik Shys Hill is all that is left of the Nashville batttlefield ? I was wondering if there was any way to get to Franklin from downtown Nashville via public transport . It might not be too expensive to rent a car for one day though.

 

[Lubliner]

The wooden room with all the bullet holes, our carpenter bees in Chattanooga would go crazy there.
Lubliner.

 

[MWood1841]

great pictures @BibleHillVol thanks for sharing your Franklin visit with us and welcome to CWT

 

[BibleHillVol]

great pictures @BibleHillVol thanks for sharing your Franklin visit with us and welcome to CWT

Thank you.