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No NPS? No Problem!—Franklin
Part Eleven in a series prompted by the federal government shutdown. At press time, Congress had approved a budget but it had not yet made its way to the president. by Lee White Of all the battlefields...
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Preservation of the Franklin Battlefield
From ECW Correspondent Jason Klaiber A view of the Franklin battlefield. From Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Over the last ten years, the Civil War Trust has worked tirelessly to reclaim the...
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Saving History Saturday: 2.3 Acres Saved At Franklin Battlefield
In August 2020, The Battle of Franklin Trust, Save the Franklin Battlefield, Friends of Franklin Parks, and American Battlefield Trust partnered to purchase another piece of important hallowed ground...
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Saving History Saturday: New Historic Marker To Be Unveiled at Franklin...
The following article is an original press release from Williamson County Chamber on August 26, 2021 FRANKLIN, Tenn. – The Battle of Franklin Trust will unveil an historic marker sponsored by the...
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Echoes of the Lost Cause: Autumn of the Lost Cause
The new Emancipation Memorial in Richmond (photo courtesy of the New York Times) ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog The last month has been one of...
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Western Swing: Day 05
Off to Nashville, with ill-fated stops for Confederates in Spring Hill and Franklin along the way For day five of our video swing of western battlefields with the American Battlefield Trust, we skipped...
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Western Swing: Day 06
Kris White captures Joe Ricci talking about the fighting around the Carter House. The American Battlefield Trust took a day off yesterday posting videos from our trip. (I think they’re trying to time...
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“Doing Justice to Their Share”
“[H]istory has not yet done justice to the share borne by colored soldiers in the war for the Union,” wrote Col. Thomas Jefferson Morgan, commander of a USCT brigade at the battle of Nashville. A...
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