Battle of Franklin
Forces Engaged: 27,000 - 31,000
Killed: 1,750
Wounded: 3,800
Missing or Captured: 702
Total Casualties: 6,252
Confederate Officers
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Lieut. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham
Maj. Gen. John C. Brown
Maj. Gen. Henry D. Clayton, Sr.
Brig. Gen. James A. Smith
Brig. Gen. Mark P. Lowry
Brig. Gen. Daniel C. Govan
Brig. Gen. Hiram B. Granbury
Brig. Gen. James A. Smith
Brig. Gen. States Rights Gist
Brig. Gen. John C. Carter
Brig. Gen. Otho F. Strahl
Brig. Gen. George W. Gordon
Brig. Gen. Thomas B. Smith
Brig. Gen. Henry R. Jackson
Brig. Gen. Zachariah C. Deas
Brig. Gen. Arthur M. Menigault
Brig. Gen. Jacob H. Sharp
Brig. Gen. William F. Brantlely
Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus
Brig. Gen. Marcellus A. Stovall
Brig. Gen. Randall L. Gibson
Brig. Gen. James T. Holtzclaw
Brig. Gen. Winfield S. Featherston
Brig. Gen. John Adams
Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Scott
Brig. Gen. Francis M. Cockrell
Brig. Gen. Claudius Sears
Brig. Gen. William A. Quarles
Brig. Gen. George D. Johnston
Brig. Gen. Charles M. Shelley
Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Reynolds
Brig. Gen. James R. Chalmers
Brig. Gen. Abraham Buford
Brig. Gen. William H. Jackson
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Confederate Order of Battle
Cheatham's Corps & Lee's Corps
Stewart's Corps & Cavalry Corps
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November 30, 1864
Franklin, Tennessee
Both Sides Claimed Victory
Union Troops Retreated to Nashville
Part of Franklin-Nashville Campaign
National Park Service
The Battle of Franklin and Beginning of the End for the Army of Tennessee
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Battlefield Trust
10 Facts: The Battle of Franklin
Battlefield in Front of Franklin, Tennessee
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Battle of Franklin Trust
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American History Central
​The Battle of Franklin, 1864
Patrick Cleburne - Stonewall of the West
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BattleofFranklin.net
The Battle of Franklin (TN) and Nashville
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Warfare History Network
The Battle of Franklin: John Bell Hood's Catastrophic Defeat in Tennessee
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Essential Civil War Curriculum
Eyewitness to the Apocalypse: The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864
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YouTube.com
Civil War Combat: Decisive Union Victory at the Battle of Franklin
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Kurz and Allison
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Civil War Atlas
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Harper's Weekly
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Forces Engaged: 27,000
Killed: 189
Wounded: 1,033
Missing or Captured: 1,104
Total Casualties: 2,326
Union Officers
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Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson
Brig. Gen. Nathan Kimball
Brig. Gen. Walter C. Whitaker
Brig. Gen. William Grose
Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner
Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood
Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger
Brig. Gen. James W. Reilly
Brig. Gen. Edward M. McCook
Brig. Gen. John T. Croxton
Brig. Gen. Edward Hatch
Brig. Gen. Richard W. Johnson
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