 Picture Courtesy of Garry Thompson
Col. Emerson Opdycke’s Federal brigade was positioned in this area 150 yards north of the Carter House, east and west of Columbia Pike. Without orders, the Federal brigade attacked a portion of Cleburne’s and Brown’s Confederate divisions after they had broken the center of the Federal line. The forces met like “two enormous oceans waves crashing together.” In vicious fighting, Opdycke’s brigade recaptured the line south of the Carter smokehouse and farm office. Repeated attempts failed to recapture a portion of the main line held by Confederates. Maj. Arthur MacArthur of the 24th Wisconsin (fathr of World War II Gen. Douglas MacArthur) went down with several wounds. Als involved were the 125th Ohio and the 36th, 44th, 73r, and 74th/88th Illinois.
John M. Carlson LTD, St. Paul, Mn., Save the Franklin Battlefield Inc.
Columbia Avenue near W. Fowlkes Street Williamson County Tennessee
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