Get your copy of A Separate Country by Robert Hicks this week
Set in New Orleans in the years after the Civil War, A SEPARATE COUNTRY is a novel based on the incredible life of John Bell Hood, arguably one of the most controversial generals of the Confederate Army–and one of its most tragic figures. Robert E. Lee promoted him to major general after the Battle of [...]
Civil War Gazette publisher quoted in Tennessean article about upcoming Hick’s book
By Will Ayers • THE TENNESSEAN • September 20, 2009
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Welcome to Franklin, Tenn., where the Old South died.
So would read the road sign Robert Hicks would plant at the city limits, if he was being perfectly honest about the Civil War battle fought there in late 1864.
Hicks, a former music publisher and manager turned top-tier [...]
Confederate General John Bell Hood is born June 1st 1831
CSA General John Bell Hood was born this day in 1831. Read an article critiquing JOhn Bell Hood’s leadership inthe Civil War.
Key events occurring in January 1865 during the American Civil War
January 15 – John Bell Hood is replaced as commander of Army of Tennessee.
January 15 – battles for Fort Fisher in North [...]
Did Hood’s 1864 Tennessee Campaign ever have a chance?
The Civil War Gazette continues to engage prominent historian and author Steven E. Woodworth on questions and issues related to Hood’s Tennessee Campaign (fall 1864).
We recently asked Dr. Woodworth this question: Did Hood’s Tennessee Campaign ever have a chance?
With Lincoln’s reelection, the North had demonstrated that it had the will to continue the war, if [...]
John Bell Hood’s headquarters just prior to assault at Franklin, 30 November 1864
This is a picture taken in 1951 of the home used by CSA Gen. John Bell Hood for his headquarters just before the assault of the Federal army at Franklin, 30 November 1864. This home sat near Winstead Hill.
Image credit: The Williamson County Historical Society
If southern traitors wish desolation and destruction of their entire country Abolition of Slavery included let them have it.
The following letter were written by Asa M. Weston, a member of the 50th Ohio. Weston was a sergeant in Company K.
Franklin, Tenn.
Nov 12th 1864
Dear Sister,
It has been a long time since we have had any thing like regular mail communication and consequently I have not attempted to write to you. I am now [...]
Be of good cheer, for within a short while your faces will be turned homeward
After the fall of Atlanta in September 1864, Army of Tennessee commander General John Bell Hood, who had replaced Johnston in July, moved his army to the west and south of Atlanta, camping near the town of Palmetto. While visiting the army there on Sept. 26, Jefferson Davis exhorted the Tennessee troops.
“Be of good cheer, [...]
December 3rd New York Times account of the Battle of Franklin
FROM NASHVILLE
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The Position of the Opposing Armies.
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NO FIGHTING SINCE WEDNESDAY
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Hood Demonstrating Toward Murfreesboro
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Further Details of the Battle of Franklin
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THE REBEL GENERAL CLEBURNE KILLED
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The Rebel Loss Fully Six Thousand — Our Loss One Thousand
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GEN. THOMAS MASTER OF THE SITUATION
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Nashville, Friday, Dec. 2
I have received full accounts of the late battle at Franklin, and its antecedents, which [...]
He tried to do what God failed to do . . .
“I know that Mr. Davis thinks he can do a great many things other men would hesitate to attempt. For instance, he tried to do what God failed to do. He tried to make a soldier of Braxton Bragg, and you know the result. It couldn’t be done.”
-Joseph E. Johnston, commander of the Army of [...]
