In June 1866, John and Carrie McGavock donated two acres of their land to serve as a Confederate cemetery to rebury the Confederate soldiers that lost their lives at the Battle of Franklin. After the battle in 1864, burial details started to inter the dead, choosing to place them in the area where they had fallen in battle. They recorded the name, rank, regiment, and company of the individuals upon...
On November 30, 1864 Colonel W.D. Gale participated in the Battle of Franklin and burying the large number of Confederate dead that filled the battlefield. He wrote a letter home to his wife, describing the battle and the Confederate hospital where he visited his wounded comrades. In the Battle of Franklin, the Confederate Army of Tennessee went on the offensive striking the Union army entrenched there....
Large numbers of casualties and advanced weaponry made it necessary for surgeons to travel with military units during the Civil War. While they could take surgeons along with them, they could not transport hospitals. As a result, surgeons often had to improvise, turning abandoned buildings (when available) into makeshift hospitals or setting up field camps behind battle lines. Deering J. Roberts,...