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Road construction boomed in Tennessee during the mid-1800s, and the Nashville area was the state's primary highway hub. Private companies built most of the roads, and they placed tollhouses along the routes to collect fees to cover costs and creat…
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This walkway traces the route that the men of Confederate Gen. Thomas M. Scott's brigade took in the Battle of Franklin. Read below to see what it was like then and to follow in their footsteps
Distance to Union Lines: 1,200 yards (1,1…
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About one mile (1.6 km) directly north of you stands Fort Granger, a large earthen fortification that provided the Union army a commanding view over much of this area. Built in the spring of 1863, Fort Granger sat on top of Figuers' Bluff overlook…
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Whether in the Union or Confederate ranks, the typical Civil War soldier at Franklin came from a rural world. More than likely, he lived in the countryside or in a town about the size of Franklin, which had a population of about 750 at the time.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YGO_battle-of-franklin-eastern-flank_Franklin-TN.html
About 600 yards (550 meters) in front of you is the Nashville & Decatur Railroad. During the war, this line was only a few years old, but it was the most direct north-south transportation route through Middle Tennessee. Consequently, it was one re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YGI_fort-granger-federal-garrison_Franklin-TN.html
The Federal Garrison at Franklin centered on the earthworks fortification on Figuers' Bluff. Detached works included Gen Granger's headquarters at a smaller works some 700 yards east at Ralston Lane, gun emplacement on Liberty Pike east of Ralston…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YGH_retreat-action-at-franklin_Franklin-TN.html
On Dec 17, 1864, perhaps the largest cavalry engagement on American soil took place along Franklin Pike and the Nashville & Decatur RR sweeping across what is now Harlinsdale farm. Maj Gen James H. Wilson's US Cavalry Corps pursued Hood's retreati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YGG_federal-breastworks_Franklin-TN.html
The breastworks, thirty yards south, were held by Grose's Brigade, Kimball's Division of the Fourth U.S. Army Corps on Nov. 30, 1864. Around 5 p.m., the brigade was attacked by two regiments of Finley's Florida Brigade, C.S.A. The Floridians withd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YGD_125th-o-v-i_Franklin-TN.html
The 125th O.V.I. was formed at Camp Cleveland, Ohio in August of 1862. The regiment was stationed in Franklin in the spring of 1863. On November 30, 1864, the 125th were in reserve 150 yards north of the Carter house with Opdycke's brigade. Withou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YGC_183rd-ohio-volunteer-infantry_Franklin-TN.html
The 183rd Ohio was mustered into Federal Service November 13, 1864 at Camp Dennison, Ohio. With 700 officers and enlisted men present, it arrived at Rutherford Creek on November 28th and was engaged in skirmishing at Spring Creek the following day…