One chapter of Henry M. Field's 1890 publication entitled Bright Skies and Dark Shadows covers the Battle of Franklin; Tennessee in great detail. This often forgotten source is one of the best accounts of the battle ever recorded. Visiting the battlefield in 1889; Field walked the grounds with four eyewitnesses to the combat--three of them were Confederate soldiers. Two of them fought in the battle--one in the ranks and the other as an Inspector General to Cheatham's Old Division. A contemporary take on the Battle of Franklin by men who were there and were apprised of the situation at Spring Hill; Tennessee and Franklin alike.
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