I think that battlefield was forgotten because the south wanted to forget about it, because it was so bad. I would love to do a tour with Eric. When my dad and I went there a few years ago we went to the Carter house but I totally forgot about the cemetery. Next time. So glad the Civil War trust finally given the western theater some love.
I have been to the Franklin battlefield a couple of times and because of this video I will make sure to visit this specific area the next time I visit.
Amazingly informative as usual with your videos. Keep it up. It's always refreshing seeing people so knowledgeable and passionate about our history. The amount of research these guys have accumulated between them would probably put entire graduating classes to shame
I had a number of ancestors there with Stewart in the 56th GA INF., Co. G. They were surrendered at Vicksburg, exchanged, and fought until May of 1865. Of the many enlisted, only one died--in a Union POW camp, at the very end of the war.
We live in downtown Franklin a stones throw from the Lotz house and its sobering to think we are in the middle of what once was a Civil War battlefield.
The Carnton Plantation is such a beautiful house. So many sobering stories surrounding the house during and after the battle. My favorite story was the love story between a soldier and one of the women nursing him. That was the happy story amongst the sobering ones.
Hey, I played that golf course! My father-in-law is a huge Civil War buff and long time member of the Battle Field Trust. As we are playing the course, he is talking us through the battle.
@@Bluegrassriver8 No worries. You can check out all the videos from our Georgia and Tennessee trips here: th-cam.com/users/AmericanBattlefieldTrustplaylists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=2
All those soldieers buried in that cemetary, miles and miles away from home and family. Never able to see their loved ones again. and the families may have NEVER have know what happened to them. To all the ones whom were never identified and buried as "unknown" may you all RIP knowing all your efforts were not in vain.
Adoptee, find my biofam, one line of the family no one knows about... turns out in this line my 3rd great grandfather is buried in Arlington. Wait wut? He was in the Ohio 95 Infantry. No one in my bio family has any idea about this. I found the Ohio 95 was in the battle of LIttle Harpeth River and then on his way to Nashville so I don't know if he was in this battle or not. It is pretty confusing trying to find what battles one's ancestor was in! At some point he is captured and put into Libby prison(he mentions this in a Kansas State census years later.) Again not much available on that. After the water he gets married and gets bounty lands in Kansas. He loses his wife and one of his two sons is put in an orphanage as he enters a soldiers home. One of his sons dies young. The remaining son, my 2nd great grandfather, has been affected very deeply by this and lives a sad life. So much so that his daughter, my grandmother, mentions almost nothing about him to her children. My 3rd great grandfather, the Ohio 95 veteran, struggles with "psychosis" which I assume is PTSD for the rest of his life. He paid a horrible price even though he survived. Thank you for doing this for all of us now and in the future. I feel like he -as you felt about the eastern flank- was forgotten. Totally shocked that it was one of the bloodiest battles in the war. Your enthusiasm is contagious. Again thank you from my heart. These people need to be remembered- David Morford, Ohio 95 Infantry Company I, O.V.I.
Proud to have supported and donated cash to this project. Great job folks.
I think that battlefield was forgotten because the south wanted to forget about it, because it was so bad. I would love to do a tour with Eric. When my dad and I went there a few years ago we went to the Carter house but I totally forgot about the cemetery. Next time. So glad the Civil War trust finally given the western theater some love.
The Confederate Cemetery is our favorite part of Franklin, TN
I have been to the Franklin battlefield a couple of times and because of this video I will make sure to visit this specific area the next time I visit.
I need to pick up his book. This guy has true passion for the place, infectious even! Happy to be a member of this organization.
I've been to Franklin many times,..It's a sobering place, ..what brave men ...
Amazingly informative as usual with your videos. Keep it up. It's always refreshing seeing people so knowledgeable and passionate about our history. The amount of research these guys have accumulated between them would probably put entire graduating classes to shame
Excellent job, gentlemen. Thank you!
I toured the cemetery and the Carnton house on Monday. I collected over $15.00 in coins left on grave stones and lifted a cup from the house tour.
We enjoyed this place thanks for saving it
I had a number of ancestors there with Stewart in the 56th GA INF., Co. G. They were surrendered at Vicksburg, exchanged, and fought until May of 1865. Of the many enlisted, only one died--in a Union POW camp, at the very end of the war.
Eric is an excellent source for this video. He’s got it
Private Sam Watkins: "Would to God I could tear the page from these memoirs and from my own memory"...
“There”
Very well done!
Eric J is an excellent historian and presenter of this battle
We live in downtown Franklin a stones throw from the Lotz house and its sobering to think we are in the middle of what once was a Civil War battlefield.
The Carnton Plantation is such a beautiful house. So many sobering stories surrounding the house during and after the battle. My favorite story was the love story between a soldier and one of the women nursing him. That was the happy story amongst the sobering ones.
One of my favorite civil war sites there is
I really thought we'd hear something about Fort Granger in that video.
Hey, I played that golf course! My father-in-law is a huge Civil War buff and long time member of the Battle Field Trust. As we are playing the course, he is talking us through the battle.
William Loring has also been buried in 3 different centuries
Very good thanks
1500 artillery rounds in 4 hours. That works out to about 6 rounds per minute on top of all the rifle rounds. Yeah, I'd call that hellish.
Mr. Eric Jacobsen, do you still do tours? I would love to plan a family trip to come and see all of this whenever you are there giving a tour.
The Civil War Trusts tends to keep attention away from the Western theatre so this one is special
We've done 75 videos in the West in the past 5 months 😁
@@AmericanBattlefieldTrust We didn't know, so my knowledge of it is stale now. Happy to hear this and thanks for correcting me.
@@Bluegrassriver8 No worries. You can check out all the videos from our Georgia and Tennessee trips here: th-cam.com/users/AmericanBattlefieldTrustplaylists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=2
Would be interesting and instructive to incorporate a drone in your presentation.
All those soldieers buried in that cemetary, miles and miles away from home and family. Never able to see their loved ones again. and the families may have NEVER have know what happened to them. To all the ones whom were never identified and buried as "unknown" may you all RIP knowing all your efforts were not in vain.
How many union cannons were involved in this battle?
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Adoptee, find my biofam, one line of the family no one knows about... turns out in this line my 3rd great grandfather is buried in Arlington. Wait wut? He was in the Ohio 95 Infantry. No one in my bio family has any idea about this. I found the Ohio 95 was in the battle of LIttle Harpeth River and then on his way to Nashville so I don't know if he was in this battle or not. It is pretty confusing trying to find what battles one's ancestor was in! At some point he is captured and put into Libby prison(he mentions this in a Kansas State census years later.) Again not much available on that. After the water he gets married and gets bounty lands in Kansas. He loses his wife and one of his two sons is put in an orphanage as he enters a soldiers home. One of his sons dies young. The remaining son, my 2nd great grandfather, has been affected very deeply by this and lives a sad life. So much so that his daughter, my grandmother, mentions almost nothing about him to her children. My 3rd great grandfather, the Ohio 95 veteran, struggles with "psychosis" which I assume is PTSD for the rest of his life. He paid a horrible price even though he survived. Thank you for doing this for all of us now and in the future. I feel like he -as you felt about the eastern flank- was forgotten. Totally shocked that it was one of the bloodiest battles in the war. Your enthusiasm is contagious. Again thank you from my heart. These people need to be remembered- David Morford, Ohio 95 Infantry Company I, O.V.I.
This man sure hates golf…
They walked over their own graves
You're the man