I spoke at a SUVCW meeting last night at Ft. Negley and I had a couple of free books to give away. One of the books was Lincoln’s Assassins by James Swanson. To win the book, the lucky person had to answer this question, “How many days was Booth on the run from justice after having shot President Lincoln?” The answer of course was 12 days. Only one person in the entire group of twenty knew the right answer. Here is his picture holding his new book. Meet John Mansfield, aka Abraham Lincoln.
I will be speaking on the 1864 Civil War diary of Morris Cooper Foote (1843 – 1905) at Fort Negley Visitor Center in Nashville, Tuesday evening at 7 pm. Foote is a little-known military figure but had a substantial career in the service of the United States from 1861 – 1903.
A native from New York, Foote originally enlisted in the famed Ellsworth Avengers’ regiment, the 44th New York Infantry. While with the 44th NY he distinguished himself with meritorious service at Malvern Hill (July 1862 | see web site), earning himself a promotion to 2nd Lieutenant. Shortly after he transferred into the 92nd New York Volunteer Infantry. The 92nd played a significant role in North Carolina.
While serving with the 92nd NYV Foote was appointed aide de camp for his uncle General Henry W. Wessells. Wessells commanded the Department of North Carolina from late 1862 until the end of the war.
The Union Army (Vol Eight) states,
“On April 17, 1864, he was attacked at Plymouth, N. C., where he had a garrison of about 3,000 men, by Gen. Robert F. Hoke with about 15,000 Confederate troops and the iron-clad “Albemarle.” After a gallant defense which lasted three days Gen. Wessells surrendered the town.”
It is the battle and capture of Plymouth, NC (April 17-20, 1864) that serves as the backdrop to Morris Cooper Foote’s 1864 diary, which is owned by Yeoman’s in the Fork, a rare bookstore in Leiper’s Fork, TN.
Foote’s diary is interesting for several reasons:
Foote’s account of his personal escape on November 29th, 1864 (the day before the Battle of Franklin) is riveting. He gives singular credit to the local slave population for his successful escape through the arteries of the Congaree and Santee rivers. His narrative reads almost like a fiction novel. Foote and another officer were picked up December 12th by the U.S.S. Nipsic in Winyah Bay. Foote’s personally drawn escape map of Winyah Bay has resided in his diary since 1864.
Foote's 1864 hand-drawn escape map showing Winyah Bay (SC).
Foote mustered out of the 92nd NY Infantry in late December 1864 but could not stay away from the action very long, re-enlisting in late March 1865 with the 121st New York Infantry just in time to see action at Saylor’s (also Sailor’s) Creek, VA, in which he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant for his meritorious service.
Foote went on to serve in the U.S. military after the Civil War. His illustrious post-Ciivl War military career includes serving in the Alaska territory in 1867 as the United States negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia, serving in many native American campaigns and expeditions – including the Blackhills expedition, the Snake Wars, the Yellowstone expedition – escorting numerous wagon trains through Sioux territories, and serving as an Indian agent for the Sioux on behalf of the U.S. government.
The only extant picture of Foote (found so far) in the Yeoman’s collection is of him sitting next to what may indeed be Geronimo himself. What do you think?
Morris Cooper Foote, sitting with Geronimo?
Foote’s post-Civil War military career did not end with native American campaigns. His military heroics and fame continued. His surviving military journals reveal he fought in the Spanish-American Civil War (April 25-Aug 12, 1898) in 1898. His actions merited his promotion to Major of the 21st U.S. Infantry. His journals may reveal he stormed San Juan Hill with Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, but I have not looked yet.
The native-New York military hero was not done after the Spanish-American War either, sporting his new promotion to Major, Foote found himself in the thick of the Philippine-American War (2 June 1899 – 4 July, 1902) and the Boxer Rebellion in China (2 Nov 1899 – 7 Sept 1901). He was promoted to Brigadier-General on 18 February 1903 and retired the next day. Foote died 6 December 1905 in Switzerland. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington.
Yeoman’s in the Fork has a very large collection of Morris Cooper Foote items, spanning his entire military career; including his diaries and journals (1864, 1967-1903), his personal library, many documents, maps, broadsides, personal items, etc. or more information on the Foote collection contact Mike Cotter (615) 983-6460.
About the lecturer:
Kraig McNutt is a resident of Franklin, TN, and is widely known as a serious bloghistorian. His Battle of Franklin blog receives over 10,000 accesses a month. He started the Battle of Franklin Facebook Group in October 2009. It currently has 2,200+ fans.
McNutt researches and writes on Civil War history as it pertains to Williamson County, including Franklin, as well as action involving middle Tennessee and the Western Theater of war. McNutt is also involved in historic preservation efforts in Williamson County.
McNutt founded The Center for the Study of the American Civil War (CSACW) in 2001, which houses his extensive personal collection of Civil War related items, including many letters, diaries, and original documents.
He is available to speak or present to Civil War organizations and functions. McNutt holds degrees from Indiana University (B.A.) and The University of Kentucky (M.S.), and can be reached at tellinghistory[at]yahoo.com or by calling 615.807.0313.
Scot Butler served in the 33rd Indiana Infantry and the U.S. Signal Corps. By 1863 he was in the Signal Corps and stationed in Franklin, Tennessee. The following account is taken from “Affectionately Yours: The Civil War Home-Front Letters of the Ovid Butler Family.” Edited by Barbara Butler Davis. 2004.
“The Signal Corps holds communication from one wing to the other of Rosecran’s army. The station which I am on is situated on a hill near Franklin, several hundred feet above the surrounding country and its warlike occupants. From here we command one of the most beautiful landscape views I ever beheld. This is called the ‘Garden Spot’ of America. Away off to the north stretches a valley of unrivaled beauty. Alternate patches of meadow and woodland, its dashing streams, shining through the mist of morning like threads of silver, and the hills, ranged on each side, clothed with towering trees and stand like eternal sentinels over this scene of seeming quiet beauty and content. What a beautiful place was Franklin & its surroundings of elegant country mansions and extensive plantations before the hearts of the people were corrupted by political leaders, in their lust for power. Franklin is war worn. The shattered glass in her churches and school houses, her lonely streets and the closed shutters of her store houses, the battered doors and ruined machinery of her manufactories, and above all that deathlike, breathless silence, that absence of all sound, that can be felt no where but at the desolate hearthstone, here reigns supreme. Here and there a lounger attired in the butternut garb of chivalry, with hate gleaming in his eyes.” p: 27-28
Watch the trailer for Heading Home, the story of the unknown Civil War soldier reburial.
I recently interviewed some of the key leaders with Franklin’s Charge about their battlefield preservation efforts in Franklin, Tennessee, since 2005.To learn more about Franklin’s Charge or to donate check out their web site.
Nationally recognized as a model for successful public/private partnership, Franklin’s Charge is dedicated to the preservation of “America’s Civil War Battlefield” in Franklin, Tennessee. Organized as a 501(c)(3) in 2005, members of Franklin’s Charge include individuals as well as local, state and national preservation groups such as the Civil War Preservation Trust and the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program.
The group’s inaugural project saved 112 acres of the eastern flank of the Battle of Franklin, the nation’s largest reclamation of a Civil War battlefield. In addition, Franklin’s Charge has collaborated with the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area to present annual symposiums that educate the public about the Civil War in Middle Tennessee. Franklin’s Charge advocates heritage tourism, including support of the Tennessee Civil War Trails program. [From their web site]
What properties is FC currently looking at for potential Franklin battlefield reclamation?
FC: Franklin’s Charge is in the process of acquiring a number of contiguous properties east of Columbia Avenue that would reclaim a significant portion of the Cotton Gin site that is so important to the interpretation of the Battle of Franklin. When completed, the Cotton Gin park should comprise approximately five acres.
How much land has FC helped to preserve since 2005?
FC: Including the Cotton Gin park site, Franklin’s Charge has led the reclamation of approximately 120 acres of Civil War battlefield in Franklin.
What does a typical donation to FC look like?
FC: Gifts have been as small as a handful of change tossed in a jar to major donations of $100,000 over time. This does not include grants or pledges that have not yet been paid. Over the years, we have received hundreds of individual donations, large and small. Regardless of the amount, every gift counts and each donation allows us to get closer to our goal of battlefield reclamation.
What is the status of the negotiation with the Domino’s strip mall?
Active discussions are underway regarding the Domino’s strip mall, and contiguous properties have been purchased or pledged. The Cotton Gin park will comprise approximately five acres.
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What is the time-frame goal for acquiring the Domino’s strip mall land and its related projected cost?
FC: Our goal is to have the Cotton Gin park completed no later than the sesquicentennial of the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 2014. The total cost of the project, including land acquisition, rebuilding the structures and installing the interpretive earthworks, is projected to be approximately $3.2 million.
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What is the value of even ‘small’ donations to FC?
FC: Small donations add up, but just as importantly, they represent grassroots support for our efforts. Folks from all over the nation have supported Franklin’s Charge, and they provide a means by which to attract national attention to the reclamation effort that’s happening in Franklin.
Why is historic land preservation important to FC and the Franklin community?
FC: Every property that Franklin’s Charge has acquired was thought to be forever lost to development, and that’s why what is taking place in Franklin is so important. People in Franklin have embraced heritage tourism as an economic engine, but we also have recognized the value of a better understanding of our history.
What is the importance of communities working together in alliance with other preservation groups and causes to reclaim lost land?
FC: Franklin’s Charge is a partnership of representatives from various preservation organizations, by design. Grassroots support is critical to any fund-raising effort, and all of the organizations involved help us broaden our reach.
Our member organizations include:
African-American Heritage Society
The Battle of Frankin Trust (Carnton and The Carter House)
Civil War Preservation Trust
Franklin Civil War Roundtable
The Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County
Land Trust for Tennessee
Save the Franklin Battlefield
Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area
Tennesee Civil War Preservation Association
Tennessee Department of Tourism
Tennessee Historical Commission
Tennessee Wars Commission
Williamson County-Franklin Chamber of Commerce
How has FC experienced success in reclamation efforts by thinking strategically, being focused, and finding one small win at a time?
FC: Franklin’s Charge started with an opportunity to reclaim the Eastern Flank – the Cotton Gin project is another opportunity to reclaim America’s Civil War battlefield in Franklin. We have been very fortunate to attract national attention and the support of national organizations, which has allowed us to continue to progress.
Ronnie Mancrum is with the 20th TN SCV camp. He announced today – June 6th, 2010 – that the original 20th TN Infantry regimental flag was recently sent off for restoration. It will cost about $45,000 to restore the silken flag, taking about seven months.
Early afternoon showers threatened to dampen the June 6th, 2010 Memorial service hosted by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Chapter #14, but the sunshine broke through about 20 minutes before the start and even ended up being perfect.
See the 128 photo gallery set of the event on Flickr.
Longtime Franklin preservationist Gene McNeil spoke appropriate words of how we often forget unpleasant things in order to survive and move on. McNeil shared a nice story about his great grandfather who served in the eastern theater fighting at Gettysburg and the Wilderness campaign.
46th TN reenactor Robert Brooks gave a brief reading.
Jim Drury, Pipe Major with the TN Scots Pipe Band played the favorite hymn Amazing Grace on the bagpipes.
Nicholas Lane of BSA Troop #137 played taps.
Ronnie Mancrum was given a surprise plaque for his dedication and service to the cemetery.
Watch the interview with Mr Mancrum, discussing the restoration project of the 20th TN Confederate flag.
See the 128 photo gallery set of the event on Flickr.
Here are a few photos from the ceremony but click the link above to see all of the photo gallery.
How appropriate that the Battle of Franklin Facebook Group (www.FranklinMatters.com) got our 2,000th registered fan on Memorial Day, May 31, 2010.
Professor Derek W. Frisby from MTSU signed up to become the 2,000 fan of the group. It was also ironic that we celebrated our 1,000th registered fan on November 30, 2009 – the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Franklin.
The group averages over 500 visits per week and interactions (e.g., comments, posts, links, replies, etc.) range from 100-400 per week.
I launched the Facebook group in October 2009.
Following letter was written by Abbott A. Lemaster who enlisted at age 27 from Palestine, Illinois.
CRAWFORD COUNTY ARGUS DECEMBER 22, 1864
FROM THE 21st ILLS. V. V. NASHVILLE,TENN
DEC.6,1864
Friend Harper: Knowing those who have friends and relatives in the old 21st would like to hear of their whereabouts, and what they are doing, I improve this opportunity of doing so, provided you give room in the Argus for the letter.
At present we are about a mile south of Nashville, just inside the first line of works. We have a nice place to camp, but we are rather uncomfortably situated on account of the scarcity of wood, something we stand in great need of, as it is quite cool here now.
We reached here the 1st inst. about noon, and I suppose the men generally felt considerably relieved. I know I did, for we had been marching night and day for eight days, our rear guard skirmishing all the way from Pulaski (which we left the 23rd of November) until we reached Franklin the 30th. There we had a regular pitched battle lasting five hours, of which I will now attempt to give a short description.
During the night of the 29th, we fell back from Columbia to Franklin. The enemy followed right up, and by ten o’clock A.M. we could see the “Johnnies” advancing in two heavy lines. We immediately formed our lines and breastworks. Pretty soon skirmishing commenced, and by the middle of the afternoon they crowded our lines viciously and at 3 1/2 P.M. made a desperate attack on our right and center, forcing our lines to the breastworks, which were thrown up from river to river, in an open field on the Columbia pike, which runs through the center of Franklin.
General Schofield commanded in the field, Stanley on the right, and Cox; of the 23rd corps, on the left.
At least one-half of the rebels engaged endeavored to pierce our center, and came down heavy on Wagner’s division, which after desperate fighting, gave way, and Maney’s division of Frank Cheatham’s corps got inside our works and captured two guns. Our center was not broken, however, and, better still, Gen. Wagner successfully rallied his troops who charged upon the enemy, recaptured the two guns, and forced the division over the breastworks, capturing an entire brigade and its commander. At half past four the battle raged with unabated fury, the enemy having made during one short half hour four attempts to break our center. Our position was a magnificent one; and the result of these four charges was magnificently grand. All the while the rebels operated in force upon our right, the rebel programme being to pierce our center and crush our right. Before dark, although but a portion of our infantry were engaged, three fourths of our artillery were playing upon the rebel column, who stood their ground like madmen.
During all the charges that were made upon our right and center, volleys of grape and cannister were hurled into their lines, and only darkness prevented their sacrifice being more awful. They fought so desperately that the rebel muskets were often thrust through the parapet and head log.
The firing in front of our division was not so severe, the rebels charging but twice. By dark they were repulsed, but the firing did not cease till nearly nine.
At least five thousand rebels were killed, wounded and captured, while our own loss will probably reach fifteen hundred. We captured seventeen rebel battle flags; some regiments, among which was the 11th Ohio, capturing a half dozen apiece. Gen. D.S. Stanley was slightly wounded in the back of the neck, but did not leave the field until the fight was over.
The rebel Gen. Adams was killed, and he and his horse fell into the ditch together in front of the 104th Ohio. Seventeen distinct attacks of the enemy-some of them feints, but mostly real were repulsed.
One man was killed and one wounded from our regiment.
We have beat the last retreat, and if old Hood wants us he will have to come and take us.
Our regiment is in a healthy condition. The boys of company I are generally well.
Respectfully yours
A.A. Lemaster
Williamson County, Tennessee historian Rick Warwick published the initial volume of Historical Markers of Williamson County Tennessee in 1999. In the past eleven years the county has added an additional 69 two-sided highway markers and 14 Tennessee Civil War Trail markers, thus the need for a revised edition of this fine resource. The result is Historical Markers of Williamson County Tennessee, Revised (A Pictorial Guide).
The Tennessee Civil War Trail markers are in the very end of the book and are in color. All of the 2-sided highway markers, or accompany photos, are still in black-n-white.
A must-have for the Williamson County, Tennessee history buff. A great resource to keep in your vehicle to enjoy learning about the county as you drive around.
Order your copy from:
Williamson County Historical SocietyP. O. Box 71Franklin, TN 37065
Last September I blogged about the 128th Indiana’s position at Franklin, as our community was honored by true living Civil War son Harold Becker. The 128th Indiana straddled Lewisburg Pike as it was placed on the far right flank of Stiles’s brigade at Franklin. This map shows the position of several Indiana regiments at Franklin, including the 128th.
Thanks to an alert from a blog reader, I want to publish an old eyewitness, firsthand account of the action experienced by a member of the 128th Indiana at Franklin.
James G. Staley
Through the winter months and on into the spring of 1864, the enlistment for Company F of the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment continued. This company was enlisted mostly by Capt. James G. Staley, Lieuts. W. C. Kent and Henry G. Bliss. The regiment rendezvoused at Michigan City. Captain Staley ‘s company was full about the middle of March, 1864. While yet at Camp Anderson, Michigan City, the members of this company purchased a fine sword which was formally presented to Captain Staley by the regimental chaplain, Rev. William P. Koutz, of Monticello.
Company V was the seventh and the last full company to be enlisted in White County for the three-years’ service. Its regiment was mustered into the service March 18, 1864, and first took the field at Nashville, Tennessee. In the Atlanta campaign it fought at Resaca, Dallas, New Hope Church, Lost .Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta and Jonesboro. As part of Thomas’s army it joined in the pursuit of Hood, and at the hard-fought Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864, its brave captain, James G. Staley, was killed.
One of Captain Staley’s comrades writes of his death and career as follows: “In the beginning of the war he responded to the call of our country and served faithfully as a member of the Ninth Indiana for more than two years, lie was commissioned captain of Company P, 128th Indiana, in January, 1864, and in March left the place of rendezvous with his regiment to take part in the memorable campaign of Atlanta. During that toilsome service of marching, digging, guarding, watching and lighting, lasting four months, without the soldiers being beyond the sound of musketry or artillery, lie nobly, patiently, heroically performed his part. On the 4th of October we left Decatur, Georgia, to begin the fall campaign, and after much skirmishing and marching several hundred miles in Georgia and Alabama, we reached Franklin, Tennessee, closely pressed by the enemy in superior force. It is not my purpose to give a description of the engagement, but I will state that the l28th Indiana occupied breastworks near the extreme left of our line; that the enemy charged right up to and planted their colors on our works, and that their dead and dying which filled the ditches, sufficiently proved how bloody and disastrous was their repulse.
“When the assault was made, Captain Staley was standing up watching the enemy and directing the fire and the use of the bayonets of his men. Just then Captain Bissell, of the same regiment, was shot through the head and fell against Lieutenant Bliss, who, with the assistance of Captain Staley, laid him upon the ground and planed a blanket under his head. This had’ scarcely been done when some one called out ‘They are coming; again,’ and all prepared to receive the enemy. As Captain Staley turned to the works, a minie ball struck him in the forehead, and he, too, fell into the arms of Lieutenant Bliss and died almost instantly. There was no time then to listen to parting words. A desperate hand-to-hand conflict was straining every nerve for the possession of the works. The deadly musket shot, the clash of arms as bayonet came to bayonet and sword to sword, the hurried breathing of the men through their shut teeth, their words of encouragement and mutterings of vengeance, with the thunders of the two pieces of artillery that flanked the company, combined to bring into heroic exercise every muscle of the body and every power of the mind.
“Darkness came on and still the fighting continued. Every man was needed to repulse the desperate assaults of the enemy. The body of Captain Staley was carried to the rear by the stretcher corps and buried in the same grave with that of Captain Bissell, near the large brick dwelling house on the hill south of Franklin. This statement was made by Lieutenant Bliss. The grave where the heroes slept was left unmarked, but to have done otherwise was impossible. Though we had repulsed the rebel army, it was determined to withdraw under cover of darkness, and at midnight we retreated across Harpeth river and abandoned the battlefield and Franklin to the enemy.”
Captain Staley’s remains were recovered and brought home, through the efforts of the Christian Commission, arriving at Monticello on February 7, 1865, and on the 12th were reinterred with appropriate ceremonies.
This last of the long-term companies to be raised, as a whole, in White County, saw service after Captain Staley’s death at Nashville, in the later pursuit of Hood, at Newbern and Wise’s Fork, North Carolina, and
at other points marking the closing operations of the war. The regiment was not mustered out of the service until early in 1866.
Source:
Hamelle, William H.
A Standard History of White County, Indiana : an Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Progress of Town and Country (1915). Chicago; New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1915.
p. 186
Sam Davis Elliott has just released a new book on Isham G. Harris titled Isham G. Harris of Tennessee: Confederate Governor and United States Senator. LSU Press. Tennessee history buffs will especially be interested in possibly reading it.
Professor Charles C. Rable reviewed Elliott’s new book and nicely summarizes Isham’s war-time story:
Harris was a successful lawyer and staunch Democrat in heavily Jacksonian West Tennessee. Serving in Congress, he strongly defended the expansion of slavery. Elected governor in 1857, Harris could accomplish little in that constitutionally weak office until mounting sectional troubles offered an opportunity for leadership. Despite a resurgent unionism early in 1861, Harris brought Tennessee down the path of secession by making military preparations to join the nascent Confederacy before the voters had agreed that the state should leave the Union. Even as he tried to avoid needlessly antagonizing East Tennessee Unionists, Harris became quite active in raising troops and preparing the state’s defenses. But after the Federals captured Forts Henry and Donelson and the Confederates had to abandon Nashville, the governor had little left to govern. These disasters, however, hardly deterred him. While serving as a volunteer military aide, he rushed to the side of the mortally wounded Albert Sidney Johnston on the Shiloh battlefield. For the rest of the war, Harris would travel with the Army of Tennessee and its various commanders. Remarkably Harris managed to get along with Braxton Bragg, Joseph Johnston, and John Bell Hood–no small achievement in itself. Nathan Bedford Forrest lauded him as a “fighting governor,” and his tireless recruitment of Tennesseans must have greatly pleased Confederate officials. Harris accompanied Jefferson Davis on a western speaking tour and served with Hood during the disastrous Tennessee campaign. Even after Appomattox, he remained a bitter ender who hoped to keep the war going in the Trans-Mississippi theater.
Sam Davis Elliott is the author of Soldier of Tennessee: General Alexander P. Stewart and the Civil War in the West and Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee: The Memoir and Civil War Diary of Charles Todd Quintard. He is a practicing attorney and lives near Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Union
IV Corps
The 21st and 23rd KY fought in Kimball’s 1st Division, Witaker’s 2nd Div., alongside the 96th and 115th Illinois, the 25th Indiana, the 40th, 45th and 51st Ohios.
The 28th KY fought in Wagner’s 2nd Div., Lane’s 2nd Brigade, alongside the 100th Illinois, the 40th and 57th Indiana, the 26th and 97th Ohio.
The 1st KY battery was in Lyman Bridge’s Artillery unit, fighting with Bridge’s Illinois battery, Battery A, 1st Ohio light, Battery G, 1st Ohio light, 6th Ohio battery, Battery A, 20th Ohio light, Battery B, PA light, and Battery M, 4th US light.
23rd Corps
The 12th and 16th KY fought in Reilly’s 3rd Division, Reilley’s 1st Brigade, alongside the 100th, 104th, and 175th Ohio, and the 8th TN.
Cavalry Corps
The 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry fought in the 1st Division, Croxton’s 1st Brigade, with the 8th Iowa, the 2nd MI and the 1st TN Cavalries.
CSA
The only Kentucky CSA units at Franklin were:
Buford’s Division, Crossland’s Brigade (all Kentuckians):
3rd KY Mounted Infantry
7th KY Mounted Infantry
8th KY Mounted Infantry
12th KY Mounted Infantry
Huey’s Kentucky Battalion
Who knows how many soldiers in the Civil War were captured by the opposing side during picket duty? No doubt, there were thousands upon thousands.
A story handed down about the 90th Ohio is amusing. Seems on May 4, 1864 the 90th Ohio Infantry ( a unit that fought at Franklin-Nashville) were encamped at Ringgold Gap. During the night, while many Union boys were still awake, they heard some cow-bells ringing out from the wooded cover nearby. Rather than raising an alarm, one of the Bluecoats piped in that some crazy cows apparently have gotten lost and are making their way back home via the woods.
What really happened? After the war it was discovered – apparently by accident – that the sounds of the bells were made from cow-bells that some Graycoats had tired around their necks to disguise their identity as they made it back to their encampment, having to pass nearby the Federal encampment of soldiers from the 90th Ohio Infantry.
Saved by the . . . ur . . . cowbell!
Source: North & South Magazine, Vol. 12. Number 2 | April 2010: p. 8.
Pvt Robert A. Jarman, 27th Mississippi, Co K.
Jarman served in the Army of Tennessee for three years. He was one of only four members remaining in his company after the Battle of Nashville in 1864.
Source: Soldier Life, Time Life Books, 2007: 134.
At Franklin, the 27th was in Lee’s Corps, Johnson’s Division, Brantley’s Brigade; serving with the 24th, 29th, 30th, 34th Mississippi units too.
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