tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post7060519903230359053..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: Pat Cleburne Could See It ComingBrock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-61771758105608683662016-02-13T13:52:09.005-05:002016-02-13T13:52:09.005-05:00visit nothing but cemeteries and battlefields and ...visit nothing but cemeteries and battlefields and be happy.<br /><br />Me too and just checked the map and Franklin isn't far from Memphis and could camp there for a night after Beauvoir and Graceland. :)Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-56196973365425594692016-02-13T08:51:32.137-05:002016-02-13T08:51:32.137-05:00Yes, they were wonderful. I love to visit old cem...Yes, they were wonderful. I love to visit old cemeteries. I could come back east and visit nothing but cemeteries and battlefields and be happy. Perhaps some day I will get to see this one. Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138786907478447523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-54981664319410505872016-02-12T18:14:32.554-05:002016-02-12T18:14:32.554-05:00I forgot and don't know if you saw the other 3...I forgot and don't know if you saw the other 3 videos at the link: Going Home - McGavock Confederate Cemetery+(Franklin) Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-60938893335410301592016-02-12T18:12:58.102-05:002016-02-12T18:12:58.102-05:00Good point.Good point.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-18285398196299983102016-02-12T17:56:10.040-05:002016-02-12T17:56:10.040-05:00Beautiful video and music. Thankyou. You can sur...Beautiful video and music. Thankyou. You can surely hear the the Celtic influence in that music.Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138786907478447523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-35720637565735402092016-02-12T17:05:57.305-05:002016-02-12T17:05:57.305-05:00Yes and although Lee may have had a mild heart att...Yes and although Lee may have had a mild heart attack at Gettysburg, I'll guess that he was thinking coherently, but with the drugs Hood was taking, I'm not sure at all.<br /><br />Missed opportunities at Spring Hill played a significant role in the Battle of Franklin.<br />On November 29, John Schofield was trapped. At Columbia, Tennessee, he had prevented Hood from crossing the Duck River for five days. When Confederates began to assemble for battle on the southern bank of the Duck on the 29th, Schofield felt it was time to withdraw. He sent half of his army twelve miles north to Spring Hill while the other half remained to cover the river crossing. But Schofield had been fooled—the grey mass opposite Columbia was a diversion. While their comrades occupied Schofield’s attention, two Confederate divisions crossed at a ford further east and swung around the city to land astride the north-south road connecting Columbia to Spring Hill. The Union force was divided and in grave danger. To Hood’s fury, however, Schofield still managed to escape. Command confusion disrupted several Confederate attacks in what became known as the Battle of Spring Hill, preventing a decisive interdiction of the Federal escape route. That night, soldiers and wagons evacuating Columbia passed within earshot of the Confederates encamped along the road, but the attack that might have changed the course of the campaign never came. The next day, Hood, “wrathy as a rattlesnake,” accused the Army of Tennessee of cowardice and ordered a pursuit to Franklin. The failure of the day before had prevented a battle to the Southerners’ advantage and sealed the violent fate of thousands. <br />http://namsouth.com/viewtopic.php?t=5201Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-30663220034488069552016-02-12T16:52:45.722-05:002016-02-12T16:52:45.722-05:00Full frontal assault across open ground was someth...Full frontal assault across open ground was something that even the greatest were guilty of; Lee at Gettysburg; Burnside at Fredericksburg; Grant at Cold Harbor; Sherman at Kennesaw Mountain. Hood, as you mention, did it at Franklin and destroyed the Army of Tennessee. I think it came from impatience on the part of the generals involved, along with a certain amount of hubris.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.com