BATTLE OF FRANKLIN

THE

BATTLE OF FRANKLIN

TENNESSEE

NOVEMBER 30, 1864

A Monograph

BY JACOB D. COX

LATE MAJOR-GENERAL COMMANDING TWENTY-THIRD ARMY CORPS

WITH MAPS

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1897

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

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INTRODUCTORY

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Results of the Atlanta Campaign Hood's Movement on Sherman's

Communications - Jefferson Davis's Relations to it -Beauregard's

- Hood's March across Alabama - Delay at Tuscumbia- Sher-

man's Decision to March to the Sea - Thomas left in Tennessee -

Schofield joins him Strength of contending Forces - Problem of

Concentration Schofield at Pulaski - Hood's Advance - Scho-

field's Retreat to Franklin - Offer of Battle- Confederate Disaster

-Tactical Problems Comparisons Erroneous Accounts

Official Records of the War - Schofield as Commander.

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CHAPTER II

FROM COLUMBIA TO FRANKLIN

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The Line of Duck River - Thomas urgent that Hood should be held

back

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Positions of the Armies -

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Hood begins the Flank Movement

- Telegraphic Correspondence - How not to do it - Division of

Confederate Forces - Schofield's Cavalry lose Communication with

him - Combat at Spring Hill-Midnight March to Franklin.

CHAPTER III

TAKING POSITION AT FRANKLIN

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Arrival at Franklin- No Bridge or Pontoons - Hood to be held back

-Schofield's Oral Directions - His Correspondence with Thomas

-Delay in Arrival of Reinforcements at Nashville - Can you hold

Hood back three Days? - Orders to continue Retreat - The Posi-

tion at Franklin The Carter House - The Town and the River

- The Field in Front - The Defensive Line

Twenty-third Corps Positions Reilly's

Division - The Works on Carter Hill

Turnpike - Kimball's Division.

Repairing Bridges

Division Ruger's

Retrenchment across