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The Daily Dispatch: January 13, 1865., [Electronic resource], The battle of Franklin --an Authentic Description. (search)
The battle of Franklin--an Authentic Description.
The South Carolinian is indebted to an officer of the late General Gist's staff, who has just arrived from the Army of Tennessee, for the following clear and comprehensive account of the battle at Franklin, Tennessee.
It is a fight that requires a good deal of explanation, and anything throwing light on it is valuable:
"Columbia, Tennessee, was first threatened by Lee's corps.
Subsequently, Cheatham's corps arrived.
On Sunday eveninss of veterans, the gaps were filled by the living, and the column moved on.
"The first line of breastworks was swept clean.
Our loss had been great.
The noble Cleburne fell, shot through the head with four balls, and died on the ramparts.
Gist, previously wounded in the leg, had refused to leave the field, limping along on foot, cheering his men, finally received a ball through the breast, that took away his precious life; while Brown, Manigault, Johnson, Strahl, and scores of field and