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Title
Pages
079-080
,
Civil
War
Diary
of
Confederate
soldier
George
D.
Wise
,
[recount
of
]
December
1
,
1864
Description
[Battle
of
Franklin
Williamson
County
,
Tennessee
;
November
30
,
1864
Considered
by some to be the five
bloodiest
hours
of the
war
, this
battle
dealt
a
crippling
blow
to the
southern
armies
.
Confederate
General
John
Bell
Hood’s
frontal
attack
against
entrenched
Union
forces
resulted
in more than
6,000
Confederate
casualties
, among them six
generals
dead
on the
field
or
mortally
wounded.]
Franklin
,
Tenn
.
December
1
,
1864
Reached
here
late
last
evening
,
&
witnessed
a
terrible
engagement
, which
lasted
several
hours-it
was a
hard
fought
battle
–
our
loss
in
killed
is not less than
500
–
the
enemy
no greater if as large. They were behind
breastworks
. They left about two
o’c
. this
morning
&
we
hold
the
field
covered
with
dead
men
&
arms
.
Subjects
Civil War
Soldiers
Creator
George
D.
Wise
Format
Handwritten diary
Rights
http://morristownlibrary.org/HCFindingAids/reproductions.pdf
Image ID
civilwardiary
079-080
Publisher
Morristown, NJ: Morristown & Morris Township Public Library, The North Jersey History & Genealogy Center
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