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The Daily Dispatch: January 13, 1865., [Electronic resource], The battle of Franklin --an Authentic Description. (search)
The battle of Franklin--an Authentic Description.
The South Carolinian is indebted to an officer of the late General Gist's staff, who has just arrived from the Army of Tennessee, for the following clear and comprehensive account of the battle at Franklin, Tennessee.
It is a fight that requires a good deal of explanation, and anything throwing light on it is valuable:
"Columbia, Tennessee, was first threatened by Lee's corps.
Subsequently, Cheatham's corps arrived.
On Sunday evening, November 27 the enemy commenced to evacuate, and on Monday morning our pickets entered and took possession of the town.
General Forrest was at this time across the river, on the pike between Columbia and Nashville.
Our pontoons not having arrived, it was impossible to cross the river at once; but meanwhile Lee made a feint as if he intended to do so, and, under cover of his fire, Cheatham's and Stewart's corps moved to a point seven miles below, and passed the river there.
Without halting