Qualla: Battle of Franklin https://qualla.com/battle-of-franklin en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:14 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/6/h/battle-of-franklin-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Franklin https://qualla.com/battle-of-franklin Battle of Franklin: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-franklin/ Photo credit Farrargirl, CC BY-SA 4.0. Patrick Cleburne studied the Union fortifications through his field glasses and knew what lay ahead. Turning to Brigadier General Daniel Govan, he said quietly, "Well, Govan, if we are to die, let us die like men." Within hours, Cleburne -- widely considered the finest division commander on either side of the war -- lay dead on a field south of Franklin, Tennessee, one of six Confederate generals killed on the afternoon of November 30, 1864. The Battle of Franklin lasted barely five hours, but it inflicted wounds on the Confederate Army of Tennessee from which it never recovered. Fourteen generals fell as casualties. Fifty-five regimental commanders went down. An entire army's leadership was gutted in a single twilight assault that veterans would remember as the most savage close-quarters combat they ever witnessed.

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/6/h/battle-of-franklin-wp/dn6h-battle-of-franklin-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Franklin: A Plan Scripted in Never-Never Land https://qualla.com/battle-of-franklin/ Photo credit Public domain. The road to Franklin began with desperation. After losing Atlanta to Sherman, Confederate Lieutenant General John Bell Hood -- physically battered by wounds that had cost him the use of an arm and a leg -- conceived an audacious plan: march north into Tennessee, defeat scattered ...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/6/h/battle-of-franklin-wp/dn6h-battle-of-franklin-a-plan-scripted-in-never-never-land.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Franklin: Sunset at Four-Thirty https://qualla.com/battle-of-franklin/ Photo credit Unidentified photographer, Public domain. Hood's army arrived on Winstead Hill, two miles south of Franklin, around 1:00 PM on November 30. Schofield's men had been fortifying since dawn, their backs to the Harpeth River while engineers frantically rebuilt bridges for their planned withdrawal to Nashville. Hood ordered a...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/6/h/battle-of-franklin-wp/dn6h-battle-of-franklin-sunset-at-four-thirty.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Franklin: The Breach at the Carter House https://qualla.com/battle-of-franklin/ Photo credit Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 3.0. The initial Confederate wave overran two exposed Union brigades, and the fleeing Federal soldiers stampeded back toward their own lines with Confederates on their heels, shouting "Go into the works with them!" At the Columbia Pike, where a gap had been left in the Union defenses ...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/6/h/battle-of-franklin-wp/dn6h-battle-of-franklin-the-breach-at-the-carter-house.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Franklin: The Generals Who Fell https://qualla.com/battle-of-franklin/ Photo credit Jonathunder, Public domain. The toll on Confederate leadership was staggering. Six generals killed outright: Cleburne, John Adams, Hiram Granbury, States Rights Gist, Otho Strahl, and John C. Carter, who lingered until December 10. Seven more were wounded; one was captured. Fifty-five regimental commanders ...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/6/h/battle-of-franklin-wp/dn6h-battle-of-franklin-the-generals-who-fell.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Franklin: A House Full of Bullet Holes https://qualla.com/battle-of-franklin/ Photo credit Rob Shenk from Great Falls, VA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0. Schofield withdrew across the Harpeth that night and reached Nashville. Hood, with an army now reduced to 26,500 men, followed him there and was crushed by George Thomas on December 15-16, retreating to Mississippi with barely 20,000 men. The Army of Tennessee never fought effect...

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