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  • Опубліковано 18 гру 2024

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  • @AmericanBattlefieldTrust
    @AmericanBattlefieldTrust  18 днів тому +19

    In March, we asked for your help to restore a viewshed at the Franklin Battlefield that has not been seen since the early-1900s. In partnership with The Battle of Franklin Trust, we are thrilled to announce VICTORY for the 160th anniversary of the battle! Learn more about the continued "miracle" at Franklin: www.battlefields.org/news/american-battlefield-trust-lauds-long-awaited-preservation-achievement-advance-battle-franklin

    • @mattfaulk8724
      @mattfaulk8724 18 днів тому

      I wouldn't say most daring escape considering Washington's escape help make this country

    • @JefferyMckay-qy8tc
      @JefferyMckay-qy8tc 17 днів тому +1

      That's where VA stepped up 80 percen of battlefields around Richmond have been preserved

    • @charlesbelser7249
      @charlesbelser7249 17 днів тому

      It was what it was a d about as " miraculous" ​@@mattfaulk8724

  • @richardh.5404
    @richardh.5404 15 днів тому +9

    Really good to see Trace Adkins involved in these videos!

  • @PhilBaumhardt
    @PhilBaumhardt 18 днів тому +15

    Trace Adkin's gunhandling and muzzle awareness is masterful. Respect!

  • @buckjohnson135
    @buckjohnson135 18 днів тому +14

    I don't know if I've ever listened to a Trace Adkins song before, but I'm a huge fan of his now!!! Love his passion for preservation!

  • @mikestacyemett5914
    @mikestacyemett5914 17 днів тому +6

    For a huge, beast of a man, Adkins is so soft spoken.

  • @DixieForeverRJ
    @DixieForeverRJ 18 днів тому +9

    7:44 Thank you for all the preservation efforts. I love Trace Adkins comments as he thinks about his ancestor and the other brave southerners who fought in defense of their homes, family, and homeland. Trace Adkins speaks about his ancestor who fought in Franklin, TN in the 15th Mississippi.

  • @robertyingling3689
    @robertyingling3689 15 днів тому +4

    I share this in hopes Trace will add the melody and use it to raise funds for the Battlefield Trust and the preservation of our history.
    Bob Yingling
    The Fields of Franklin
    (A song of sorrow and sacrifice)
    [Verse 1]
    On the fields of Franklin, the young men fell,
    Under a moonlit sky, they marched to hell.
    Their hearts were full, their futures bright,
    But dreams dissolved in the bitter fight.
    A thousand sons, so bold, so true,
    Gave all they had for the gray and blue.
    And as the cannons roared, their voices died,
    Leaving tears where hope once thrived.
    [Chorus]
    Oh, the fields of Franklin, bathed in blood,
    Youth washed away in a crimson flood.
    Their names are whispers on the autumn breeze,
    Their mothers’ cries echo through the trees.
    [Verse 2]
    Fathers prayed by the fireside glow,
    For sons who’d never come home, they’d know.
    Sweethearts lingered, letters in hand,
    Dreaming of weddings the war had banned.
    Brothers lay broken in a silent line,
    The weight of war stealing precious time.
    And in the distance, a soldier’s song,
    Fades like a life that didn’t last long.
    [Chorus]
    Oh, the fields of Franklin, bathed in blood,
    Youth washed away in a crimson flood.
    Their names are whispers on the autumn breeze,
    Their mothers’ cries echo through the trees.
    [Bridge]
    What is the cost of a cause so grand?
    When sons turn to dust in the Tennessee sand.
    The flags still wave, but the hearts are torn,
    For a generation lost, a nation mourns.
    [Verse 3]
    Now the fields lie quiet, the battles done,
    But shadows linger where the rivers run.
    A father’s grief, a mother’s despair,
    Empty chairs and unanswered prayers.
    We speak their names so they’re not lost,
    In the silence, we reckon the cost.
    The lives they gave, the price they paid,
    In Franklin’s soil, their dreams are laid.
    [Chorus]
    Oh, the fields of Franklin, bathed in blood,
    Youth washed away in a crimson flood.
    Their names are whispers on the autumn breeze,
    Their mothers’ cries echo through the trees.
    [Outro]
    On the fields of Franklin, the young men rest,
    In the arms of the earth, eternally blessed.
    But the sorrow lingers, the wounds run deep,
    In the hearts of the ones who forever weep. 36:19

  • @drivergj1972
    @drivergj1972 16 днів тому +4

    As a 23 yr Armed Forces Veteran myself, my 3rd great grandfather Harrison Bryant was killed in action at Franklin 30 Nov 1864 with the 7th Regiment Mississippi Infantry. He also lost several other relatives that day as well. Many of his brothers, cousins, uncles and friends also fought that day.

  • @31Alden
    @31Alden 18 днів тому +19

    It truly IS a shame more of this battlefield hasn’t been preserved, for it was an important historic battle that has been greatly overlooked in the general scheme of things. My 2nd great-grandfather, Michael Welch, an Irish immigrant from County Mayo, Ireland, was with the 100th Ohio Infantry, fought and was wounded in the Battle of Franklin. He lost his hearing as part of his injuries, and lived the remainder of his life in a veteran’s home in Dayton, Ohio where he died on March 8, 1903.
    and is interred at Dayton National Cemetery. Thank you for covering this.

    • @UniRebTN
      @UniRebTN 18 днів тому +2

      My 2nd great grandfather was in the 8th Tenn Vol Cavalry Co. L. 1863-1865 and was also at the Battle of Franklin and later had to move to the Veterans Home in Dayton, Ohio because at the time Tennessee State Veteran's Homes were for Confederate Soldiers only & he is also interred at Dayton National Cemetary Row 8 or 9...Section 3...Grave # 39 born 1842 died November 14, 1924

    • @31Alden
      @31Alden 18 днів тому

      @@UniRebTN I’m a little confused. Did your 2nd great-grandfather serve in the Confederate Army? Although if I remember correctly, parts of Kentucky and Tennessee were divided. Just wondering why he was sent to Dayton if he served in the Confederate Army. I pulled out my genealogy binder to look up where my 2nd great grandfather is buried: Section N - Row 24 - Site 10. Dayton National Cemetery.

    • @UniRebTN
      @UniRebTN 18 днів тому

      It's funny cause although I'm related to U. S. Grant I'm also related to Confederate Generals John Bell Hood, Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson, Albert Sidney Johnston, Wade Hampton, (Commanding Hamptons Legion) John C. Breckinridge & Benjamin H. Helm (both commanders of The Orphan Brigade...i.e. The First Kentucky Brigade) William Preston (Army of Tennessee & Confederate Ambassador to Mexico) & Robert E. Lee...along with George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, James Madison, Abraham Lincoln, and my 6th great cousin Grover Cleveland. And lastly Patrick Henry who was a member of the Sons of Liberty.

    • @nockreel1190
      @nockreel1190 17 днів тому

      Try not to look at it in that way. The earth is a little dust ball in the universe.

    • @brad238899
      @brad238899 17 днів тому +1

      ​@@31AldenGoogle Tennessee Unionists. On Wikipedia you'll find quite a few served the Union. The Eastern part of TN... AKA where they didn't grow cotton had a higher rate of support for the union.

  • @malcolmshaw2609
    @malcolmshaw2609 18 днів тому +9

    My wife and I came from the UK for a road trip of the eastern sunbelt states this October and without any plans came across several of the Civil War battlefields, Shilo, Parker’s Cross Roads, Brice's Cross Roads. Needless to say we were blown away by the level of preservation, atmosphere and the wealth of historical information we found. What the American nation went through during the civil war period should be a lesson to all

  • @bobdlowrider
    @bobdlowrider 18 днів тому +5

    I was at the Carter House in the mid 90's when my daughter lived near Nashville. It was a fascinating education! I have a friend who'll be moving close to Franklin sometime next year. I told her all about the Carter House and battle there. Once she moves there, I'll visit her as soon as possible and we will go see the Carter House.

  • @christopherfoster3744
    @christopherfoster3744 15 днів тому +1

    Hi ! Thanks to every one of the hosts on the program, you all did an excellent job ! People Really appreciate it and I really appreciate it too ! Thanks again !

  • @delnunley7026
    @delnunley7026 18 днів тому +6

    Everyone should visit the Battle of Franklin. I was there when all those businesses were there and it is so much better. This stuff is like pure gold. Thank you for all you do.

  • @kevinhart8339
    @kevinhart8339 15 днів тому +1

    Gary at his best here folks. He's a national treasure that should be preserved

  • @theRappinSpree
    @theRappinSpree 17 днів тому +1

    Viewer from Ireland here - Fantastic what’s being done for battlefield preservation, and for the Battle of Franklin trust I love watching Joe & Eric do chalkboard history. Joe will be missed when he returns to Louisiana

  • @Stew-kv8nw
    @Stew-kv8nw 18 днів тому +4

    I’m proud to be an ABT member and donater …
    Trace Adkins….

  • @annmcgehee1728
    @annmcgehee1728 18 днів тому +2

    Am very thankful for how this video series on the Battle of Franklin is busting myths we have always heard about the battle, and replacing them with true stories that are even more powerful. Thank you!!

  • @horizon42q
    @horizon42q 18 днів тому +3

    Excellent video!
    Trace Adkins & Eric & Joe
    Cool.

  • @buckysimmons5164
    @buckysimmons5164 15 днів тому +1

    My friend and I drove to Franklin every November 30th for several years ❤in the early 2000s. Mr Thomas Cartwright gave us a tour every time. I swear that dude lived ate slept and every breath was about about the Battle of Franklin.
    I don't know what happened, but he did a lot to make Franklin what it is today, to be ignored and forgotten.
    Franklin will hang with you the rest of your life after you visit this bloodiest quarter mile in American history around the Columbia pike and Carter House and 2000+ men killed outright.

  • @jeffbrewer8810
    @jeffbrewer8810 18 днів тому +2

    Firstly, salute to Franklin Battlefield Trust! You guys have/are doing an incredible job at reclamation. I had people in the 31st Mississippi on the right. Their sacrifice is better remembered through the preservation efforts here. Thank you.
    Secondly, Trace Adkins, you should come to Shiloh with us and hang out with a bunch of Mississippians as we tour that battlefield. The 15th Mississippi was in Breckenridge’s Corps. My ancestors were in the Third Mississippi Battalion as part of Hardee’s Corp. I promise we won’t ask you to hold a rifle used to try and kill your grandfather. Note to curators…It’s more than stale academics to us Southerners. Just say’n. Anyway, great video and once again, great work at Franklin.

  • @mattpiepenburg8769
    @mattpiepenburg8769 17 днів тому +1

    Wonderful series - Trace, Joe, Eric, Gary and more! Legends!
    Thanks to all of you for all that you have done for the Trust in general and Franklin in particular. It’s just amazing and of immeasurable value.
    As a Virginian, let me thank you as well for all that the trust is doing at Gains Mill and elsewhere.
    As to that Henry rifle, I have to agree with Trace :)

  • @JasonAlexander-uz4ns
    @JasonAlexander-uz4ns 18 днів тому +2

    Thanks guys fantastic video wow that farm office with the bullet holes wow just wow what a sight . Good questions Mr Atkins .

  • @b.l.6299
    @b.l.6299 14 днів тому +1

    God bless you all. ❤

  • @bdpage2023
    @bdpage2023 17 днів тому +1

    Kudos to Franklin Battlefield Trust for being a model for preservation here. Wish other communities had equal wealth to do what the Trust did. Williamson Co. has the best eclectic Native American & Civil War hx in Middle TN.

  • @mlbolts72
    @mlbolts72 18 днів тому +6

    New subscriber . Love this US history 🤠🇺🇸

  • @Jess-bs2jw
    @Jess-bs2jw 17 днів тому +1

    Holy heck
    This was great
    Thanks Gary and friends
    If only more people knew history…
    Efforts like this can help

  • @brendapritchard9785
    @brendapritchard9785 8 днів тому

    Amazing history ! 🇺🇸

  • @gale212
    @gale212 17 днів тому +1

    Great to see the park expanding!!!

  • @bigreed67
    @bigreed67 9 днів тому

    Excellent video! I also highly recommend Mr. Jacobson's book on Spring Hill and Franklin titled "For Cause & For Country." It is by far the most detailed book on the Battle of Franklin that I have read.

  • @avenaoat
    @avenaoat 14 днів тому +1

    This battle was that battle where the Southern unionists did lion part of the Union victory from Kentucky, Missouri and YES FROM Tenneessee! The total green Missouri 44th regiment's role was one of the most important key moment in this battle!

  • @ToddP
    @ToddP 18 днів тому +1

    Very important video. I am ashamed that I have never been to Franklin. Good stuff.

  • @Hugh-nr5sx
    @Hugh-nr5sx 16 днів тому +1

    Fascinating to see the Henry rifle.. first thing that struck me was its austerity construction.

  • @randyrobinson8751
    @randyrobinson8751 17 днів тому +1

    That had to of been hell on earth. When you see a building swiss chessed with bullet holes, it gives one the chills.

  • @michaelriley2905
    @michaelriley2905 18 днів тому +2

    Wonderful job guys

  • @NPB0067
    @NPB0067 16 днів тому +1

    My favorite battlefield next to Antietam! Don’t neglect Carnton plantation. 👍🏻❤️

  • @RuthHernandez-ce2po
    @RuthHernandez-ce2po 16 днів тому +1

    My great great grandfather was with the 10th Kansas infantry at Franklin.

  • @nathanfisher1826
    @nathanfisher1826 18 днів тому +1

    Thank you

  • @williammacdonald3173
    @williammacdonald3173 18 днів тому +1

    Looks like yall are doing good in preservation. At Franklin and are doing good at reserving the developments

  • @nathanappleby5342
    @nathanappleby5342 17 днів тому +1

    Hood was a fool to launch those deadly frontal assaults like Burnside did at Fredericksburg which resulted in thousands of unnecessary casualties. The American Battlefield Trust has done well keeping battlefields preserved to be remembered for generations to come. Those men and fields must not be forgotten.

  • @melvinbullock3392
    @melvinbullock3392 14 днів тому +1

    My great great grandfather Robert Samuel Johnson Bullock fought with the 4th Mississippi Calvary at Franklin

  • @dougthomas1582
    @dougthomas1582 18 днів тому +1

    Trace. Love yo brother.

  • @borowland5744
    @borowland5744 18 днів тому +5

    I am planning on visiting in the next couple of weeks. I have a question, "for anyone." My GG Grandfather fought with the Mississippi 7th Company I, and he was at Franklin. Where on earth was his unit at on the battlefield? I have looked through tons of maps, but they only mention significant ranked individuals.

    • @AmericanBattlefieldTrust
      @AmericanBattlefieldTrust  18 днів тому

      They were in sharp’s brigade which attacked west of the Carter house around 7pm. Look late on this map. www.battlefields.org/learn/maps/franklin-animated-map

    • @johnresto1603
      @johnresto1603 18 днів тому

      Maybe contact the Franklin trust for some help. They have a historian who could probably help.

    • @borowland5744
      @borowland5744 17 днів тому

      @johnresto1603 Thanks! I just found out. My GG Grandfather was under Sharpe's command at Franklin. "I may have misspelled the name."

  • @offthetrail7339
    @offthetrail7339 14 годин тому

    I love my Henry rifles, that’s awesome.

  • @DeepRiverAsheville
    @DeepRiverAsheville 9 днів тому

    We used to live about 25 minutes from the Carter House and have walked the Franklin Battlefield several times, but we moved to Asheville in 2003 so we’re thrilled to see the reclamation grow. We can’t remember if the Carter Family owned slaves, and if so, what happened to them after the Battle?

  • @archibaldmccutcheon5884
    @archibaldmccutcheon5884 17 днів тому +2

    Hood was a demon as a Corp commander. As a Army commander he was a vindictive angry out of his element broken man. Was a sad and devastating day for the Army of Tennessee. Cleburne was a catastrophic loss to the cause!

  • @pimhoff
    @pimhoff 17 днів тому +1

    I can’t wait to go back after the warehouse goes away.

  • @louiezenti8631
    @louiezenti8631 18 днів тому

    Seeing the ground without modern buildings is good. Being able to walk the ground better. The next step should be to return a small portion of the Federal breastworks to their appearance on that day. This in my opinion would be an important step in helping the public understand the how and why of the carnage.

  • @silvermine2033
    @silvermine2033 18 днів тому +3

    An extra comment to help boost the UA-cam algorithm!

  • @Hugh-nr5sx
    @Hugh-nr5sx 16 днів тому +1

    Oh wow. Battle of Franklin was exactly 10 years before the birth of Winston Churchill.!

  • @JEFFREYcjones-xg2cy
    @JEFFREYcjones-xg2cy 18 днів тому

    This tour was fantastic...I watched it today 11-30-2024...Is there an animated battle of FRANKLIN available to watch?..I was a re-enactor with the 24th Michigan Regt. of Volunteers...so our Civil War means a great deal to me.

  • @jackburgess9482
    @jackburgess9482 18 днів тому

    I love the fact that so many people are working hard to preserve our history and having so much success against the cancel culture. I've been working on the civil war history of my area and locating camps and sites so i can document them. 99.5 % of the sites I've located has been on private property and with permission of the owners. Many of the relics i have foun are going on display at our County Courthouse and more in our new 911 dispatch center for everyone to see. I'm also involved in our new County Historical Society and we're hoping to raise enough mone in the next few years to purchase or build a building to open a museum, the prior historical society disolved, the museum building was sold off and the artifacts were given to the library, so we're pretty much starting from scratch. It's a long slow process but we're gaining on it.

  • @davidfolts5893
    @davidfolts5893 18 днів тому +1

    Major General Patrick Cleburne, the Stonewall of the West, lost his life at the battle, and General Hood one of his most important generals. As General Lee said, Hood was missing the fox part of being a commander.

  • @karlheinzvonkroemann2217
    @karlheinzvonkroemann2217 17 днів тому

    Spring Hill destroyed that whatever chance Hood's campaign had of doing a lot of damage in Tennessee. Hood gets pounded for being a bad general but as a Brigade and Division commander he was in his element and among the best in either Army. Corps command ability we'll really never know. What happened after Spring Hill nobody on this planet has been able to discern. Like me I believe most of us are just left shaking our heads, thinking if this was really the John Bell Hood of Gaines Mills?

  • @russelllane7551
    @russelllane7551 18 днів тому +2

    My cousin John Lanier of the 29th Georgia infantry died here. Burried in the McGavok Cemetery. Special place.

  • @SeanSmith-qt8xd
    @SeanSmith-qt8xd 18 днів тому +2

    So sad I couldn’t make it for the anniversary this year 😭

  • @steveteele2708
    @steveteele2708 18 днів тому

    I felt “real” at Gettysburg!

  • @jeffadams9807
    @jeffadams9807 11 днів тому +1

    My Great, Great Grandfather Was Confederate Gen. John Adams, He
    Died On Nov 30th, 1864 Leading
    The Charge On The Right Flank...

  • @crippledcrow2384
    @crippledcrow2384 17 днів тому

    I agree with Chase, that Henry wasn't fair. 😊 no Yankees in my attic either.

  • @Gitarzan66
    @Gitarzan66 18 днів тому +2

    Next to Trace Garry looks like a dang ole Hobbit.

  • @Hugh-nr5sx
    @Hugh-nr5sx 16 днів тому

    Carter house is as amazing as Alton Parish Church the the bullet holes from the English Civil War.

  • @russelllane7295
    @russelllane7295 16 днів тому

    my ancestor John Lanier of the 29th Georgia was killed here. berried in the McGavock cemetery. Special place.

  • @hennievangalen3789
    @hennievangalen3789 17 днів тому

    Seems a gathering if the handwavers

  • @JefferyMckay-qy8tc
    @JefferyMckay-qy8tc 17 днів тому

    Ive seen and lived through seven pines and cold harbor. My dreams end when i get hit in the shoulder on a hot day and passed

  • @singleoakfarm1024
    @singleoakfarm1024 17 днів тому

    Just like interstate 81 running right through New Market battle field.

  • @Messier87_M87
    @Messier87_M87 18 днів тому +4

    Now if we can only get the 160 confederate monuments that were taken down, put back into their respective places. This is part of our country’s history. We need to persevere history, and continue to educate future generations, so history does not repeat itself.

  • @randyrobinson8751
    @randyrobinson8751 10 днів тому

    People think Gettysburg, this was equivalent of traumatic

  • @outdoorlife-j4h
    @outdoorlife-j4h 18 днів тому

    That might help explain why that building at the battlefield is FULL of HOLES. I was thinking it was cool and how I was glad I wasn't there that day.

  • @Daina1278
    @Daina1278 18 днів тому

    Most likely a July 2025 visit for me.

  • @gregdavis19
    @gregdavis19 12 днів тому

    Yes, Jefferson Davis is a relative to me.

  • @DavidDotson-lo6rp
    @DavidDotson-lo6rp 16 днів тому

    There was not a battle of Spring Hill, it was a skirmish.

    • @josephricci382
      @josephricci382 14 днів тому

      Tell that to the guys that were there.

  • @DavidDotson-lo6rp
    @DavidDotson-lo6rp 14 днів тому

    No disrespect for those who stood and fought. Just calling it what it was a skirmish, a lively nighttime engagement. How differently the outcome of the battle of Franklin would have been if Gen. Hood had awakened and dispatched orders.

  • @gregdavis19
    @gregdavis19 12 днів тому

    The owner of that building/ land is raking the trust over the coals, because he knows how bad the trust wants it.

  • @JoshMcGavic-xg3ts
    @JoshMcGavic-xg3ts 17 днів тому

    McGavock

  • @crippledcrow2384
    @crippledcrow2384 17 днів тому +1

    Schofield should have been tried for war crimes committed in Western Missouri. Absolutely tragic conduct there under his authority. Murders, arson, and thief of livestock and property.

  • @user-mc4sq3fk5d
    @user-mc4sq3fk5d 18 днів тому

    Eric Jacobson runs a preservation video like I wish Gary A would. Focus on the challenge, what they did to overcome, and what is next. Eric is a realist where as Gary too often tries to paint too rosy a picture. If you want support then dhow the people what happened without it ( in the past) and what their contributions could help undo and preserve. A perfect opportunity was at the Wagner defense site. Instead of saying, well golly we are trying to save land. Be more authoritative and say doesn’t that She’ll gas station look out of place and terrible? Well let’s do something about it. Not sure Gary understands selling the realistic marketing needed to gather support.

  • @Anon1913
    @Anon1913 14 днів тому

    Race she's game

  • @budmetcalf3888
    @budmetcalf3888 18 днів тому +1

    You guys do a great job however you talk too darn fast!!! It really hard to understand what you’re saying . Talk like Trace !!!!

    • @davidfolts5893
      @davidfolts5893 17 днів тому +1

      Excellent suggestion. It's like listening to a podcast at 2x speed. The learning is made worse.

  • @jeffokkonen3149
    @jeffokkonen3149 13 днів тому

    I used to watch a lot of ABT videos. ..but this announcer is too hyper and flippant for my taste. I preferred the calmer demeanor of previous videos.