Eyewitnesses of the Battle of Franklin

Compiled and edited by David R. Logsdon

David Logsdon has read and documented hundreds of journal entries, letters and official documents from more than ninety men, women, and children (soldiers & civilians) who survived the Battle of Franklin.  The reader will be transformed back in time as they read the words of the people who experienced the battle and the aftermath first hand.  Literally hundreds of quotes are listed in chronological order to tell this increasable story.  

Also available in this series of books are the

 "Eyewitnesses of  the . . . "

Pricing $12.95 each (paper)

The Confederacy's Last Hurrah:

Spring Hill, Franklin, & Nashville - by Wiley Sword

Winner of the Fletcher Pratt Award

Originally published as "Embrace an Angry Wind"

Sword has thoroughly researched every aspect of the Tennessee Campaign and the battles of Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville.  We highly recommend this publication for a detailed analysis and narrative of the fall of 1864 which marked the end of the Confederate's chances in the Civil War.  This also includes a full listing of the order of battle for both the Federal and  Confederate forces.

Pricing $24.95 (paper)

 
for Cause & for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin. by Eric A. Jacobson and co-author Richard A. Rupp

Eric Jacobson is the curator at the Carnton Plantation Historical Site and has done extensive studies of the events of November 29 & 30, 1864 in Middle Tennessee.  Using previously untapped resources, he sheds an entirely different light on those dark and difficult days.  Civil War enthusiast will delight in this well-written exploration of one of the bloodiest and most costly campaigns of the Civil War.

Pricing $29.95 (Hard Cover)

Co."Aytch" First Tennessee Regiment: or a Side Show of the Big Show

by Sam R. Watkins; Edited by Ruth Hill Fulton McAllister

With the pages yellowing and growing brittle with age, Sam Watkins's own hand-marked revision of Co. Aytch, originally published in 1882, was known only to his family until great granddaughter (Ruth Hill Fulton McAllister) was determined to share it with the world.  This new edition, edited by McAllister, incorporates actual images of Watkins's handwritten additions and artfully indicated what he would have omitted, leaving the original text intact.

Samuel R. Watkins was born in 1839 near Columbia, TN.  He enlisted in the First Tennessee Infantry, Company H.  Watkins was one out of seven men remaining from the 120 originally enlisted in his regiment.  Having served in every major campaign of the Army of Tennessee, his accounts the Civil War will make you both laugh and cry.

Pricing $34.95 (Hard Cover)

A Meteor Shinning Brightly: Essays on Major General Patrick R. Cleburne

Edited by Mauriel Phillips Joslyn.

Patrick Cleburne was an Irish born immigrate who became the highest ranking Irishman of either army during the Civil War.  From Shiloh to Jonesboro, Cleburne won glory for the Army of Tennessee.  His fame increased with his heroic death at the Battle of Franklin.

The essays in this book are biographical and chronological and is the best single volume resource of the life and career of Patrick Cleburne.

Pricing $34.95 (Hard Cover)

That Devil Forrest: Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest

by John Allan Wyeth.

The Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest was first published in 1899 and secondhand copies have been sought after by collectors for years.  The book features firsthand, eyewitness testimony and personal interviews conducted by the author and now is the source that other biographers use to quote.  The original text of the book has not been altered for this new edition, other than to modernize spelling and punctuation and removal of some of the flowery figures of speech popular in the nineteenth century.  In addition, there are twenty-one new maps, an index and a chronology of events.

Pricing $23.95 (paper)

John Bell Hood and The War for Southern Independence

by Richard M. McMurry.

John Bell Hood earned notoriety for his leadership of the Texas brigade early in the Civil War.  He rose in the ranks to become the youngest of the full generals of the Confederacy.  In this prize-winning book Richard McMurry details Hood's rise in Confederate ranks to his disastrous failure at the end of the War.  At the same time, McMurry is concerned to do justice to one of the most misunderstood figures in Civil War history.

Pricing $17.95 (paper)

This Band of Heroes: Granbury's Texas Brigade, C.S.A.

by James M. McCaffrey

Brigadier General Hiram Bronson Granbury lead a brigade of Texans, fighting in the Army of Tennessee, for only nine months.  He remains the most popular of the brigade's commanders, so much so that after his death at the Battle of Franklin, men referred to themselves as members of Granbury's Brigade.  McCaffrey traces the history of the brigade from the beginnings to to the last days of the Civil War.  Of particular interest to genealogist researching the period is a comprehensive list of the men who served in the brigade.

Pricing $19.95 (Paper)

 
The Flag with 34 Stars: Co. H. 73rd Regiment, IL. Vol. Inf.

Nancy Ross Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

This little booklet provides a wealth of information about this historical flag and the men who carried it in such battles as Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Atlanta, Spring Hill, Franklin & Nashville (and many others).  The men who fought under this flag cherished for years after the Civil War.  When the last two survivors were over 90 years old, they gave the flag to the local DAR as custodians.  Later it was placed in a local museum and archived, to be forgotten.  Then in 2004 the DAR rediscovered the flag and once again the rich history of this flag has surfaced. 

Pricing $8.00 (Paper)

The Battle of Franklin by Sims Crownover

Reprinted from Tennessee Historical Quarterly

Volume XIV, Number 4 Copyright 1955

All proceeds from the sale of this reprint are donated to the

Carter House Association, Franklin, TN.

This book is idea for the person who is just becoming acquainted with the Battle of Franklin and would like to learn more.  This is a great overview of the Battle of Franklin with eyewitness accounts and maps that help explain the events of November 30, 1864.

Pricing $5.95 (paper)

Captain Tod Carter - Confederate States Army

by Rosalie Carter (the great niece of Tod Carter and granddaughter of Moscow Carter)

Dr. Rosalie Carter DDS was born at a cottage next door to the Carter House and spent her entire life in the shadow of this historic battle field.  Hearing stories first hand from her family and soldiers who would return for reunions of the Battle of Franklin, she has compiled a biographical sketch of her grand uncle, Tod Carter.  Included in this booklet are some of the war correspondence that Tod wrote for The Chattanooga Daily Rebel under the assumed name of "Mint Julep".

This booklet chronicles some of amazing story of Capt. Tod Cater

Pricing $6.50 (paper)

 
A Visit To The Carter House

by Rosalie Carter (Great Granddaughter of Fountain Branch Carter)

Having a love of her ancestral home, Dr. Rosalie Carter DDS authored this informative handbook  about the history of the Carter House.  Having been reared just yards from the Carter House, as a young girl she knew her grandfather (Moscow Carter) and great uncle (Francis Watkins Carter) personally.  Also as a young girl she was privileged to welcome the Veterans attending the 51st Anniversary of the Battle of Franklin (1915). Once the Carter House was preserved as a historical site in the 1950's by the State of Tennessee, Rosalie - retired from her dental practice - was excited to be a docent for the site giving interpretive tours for visitors.

Pricing $3.00 (paper)