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The Cotton Gin Assault TN51 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Garry Thompson
Into this area rushed elements of four Confederated division on November 30, 1864 as they assaulted the Federal lines near the Carter cotton gin. Crossed largely by troops from Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne’s Division, the area was flooded by men from Maj. Gen. Samuel French’s division, and some from Maj. Gen. John Brown’s and Maj. Gen. Edward Walthall’s division. The Southern troops charged forward, crashing into the section of the Federal line between Columbia Pike and the gin held by Brig. Gen. James Reilly’s Brigade. Two Pieces of Ohio artillery just to the north, near the cotton gin, inflicted horrific Confederate losses. Yet the assault le by Cleburne’s troops broke the Federal lines an vicious hand-to-hand fighting erupted.
City of Franklin - 2006
Cleburne Street, 200 feet north of Columbia Avenue Williamson County Tennessee
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