The Battle of Franklin (TN): When the Devil had Full Possession of the Earth (Civil War Sesquicentennial) (Civil War Sesquicentennial Series)

In late November 1864, the last Southern army east of the Mississippi that was still free to maneuver started out from northern Alabama on the Confederacy's last offensive. John Bell Hood and his Army of Tennessee had dreams of capturing Nashville and marching on to the Ohio River, but a small Union force under Hood's old West Point roommate stood between him and the state capital. In More »