⚔️ Battle of Franklin, Tennessee,
30 November 1864
On the evening of 30 November 1864, Gen. John Bell Hood hurled his Army of Tennessee against entrenched Union forces at Franklin, Tennessee. Five hours of brutal fighting cost the Confederacy thousands of casualties and some of its finest generals. This battlefield study examines the strategy, terrain, and leadership decisions that made Franklin a decisive prelude to the Battle of Nashville.