EricAJacobson
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- Oct 15, 2012
That's just it. The sources you are using are from books written 40 or more years ago. No one gave the events at Spring Hill the time of day back then other than suggesting people were drunk or on laudanum. Revisiting this battle in detail explains why things happened the way they did the next day at Franklin. One author actually suggests that you have to look at Spring Hill and Franklin as two entirely different entities. I strongly disagree and point out that no one can ever understand why Hood did what he did at Franklin, until they understand the complexities of what transpired at Spring Hill. It is cause and effect, or causation. The cause of Franklin was Spring Hill and the effect of Spring Hill was Franklin. No getting around it.
Well said.