Thursday, January 15 7:30pm to 9:00pm William White
Battle of Franklin Tennessee “Let’s Die As Men” (ZOOM)
One of the worst disasters for the Confederate States Army took place on November 30, 1864 in Franklin,
Tennessee. A series of costly assaults by Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee against fortified
Union positions along the south side of the town of Franklin, have caused the battle to be likened to
Gettysburg's final day, as the “Pickett’s Charge of the West.” However, until recently it has been a battle
dominated by myth and over simplification, and that is something the author is working to correct.
Union Maj. Gen. John Schofield’s forces held their positions and inflicted devastating losses on the enemy
to include fourteen generals being killed, wounded and one was captured.
We invite you to come hear about an aspect of the American Civil war that is not talked or taught much
about.
About our Speaker:
William Lee White is a park ranger at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, where he
gives tours and other programs at the Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain Battlefields. He is the author
of Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale: The Battle of Chickamauga and Let Us Die Like Men: The Battle of
Franklin, both part of the Emerging Civil War Series, as well as several articles and essays on topics
related to the Western Theater.
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Passcode: 628861
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