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Tennessee, A Grave or a Free Home

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Franklin, Tennessee.
No words can describe the courage, endurance, and gallantry of the Army of Tennessee. They marched, fought, bled, and died for a Cause they knew was right. On that Indian Summer afternoon of November 30, 1864, the courageous . . .

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Mississippi

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Franklin, Tennessee.
Twas November Thirtieth, Eighteen Sixty-Four Mississippi’s sons and fathers into battle again were poured. The young and the old. The brave and the bold. Their mission all too plain – to charge across what would be . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Brigadier's Walk

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Franklin, Tennessee.
The sense of pride, honor and integrity of the everyday fighting man made the brilliant careers of these five Brigadier Generals possible. Largely non-slave holding, these brave men of the Army of Tennessee followed Adams, . . .

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Cockrell's Missouri Brigade CSA

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Franklin, Tennessee.
On this field of honor Missouri men of Cockrell’s Brigade fought and died for Southern independence November 30, 1864 Franklin, Tennessee Presented by Missourians of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and his friends in . . .

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Major General Patrick R. Cleburne CSA

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Franklin, Tennessee.
“Well, Govan, if we are to die, let us die like men.” Nov. 30, 1864 Presented as a tribute to General Cleburne and his gallant division by Dr. & Mrs. David R. Watts

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Winstead Hill Observation Post

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Franklin, Tennessee.
“The line advanced at 4 p.m. with orders to drive the enemy into or across the Big Harpeth River… Never did troops fight more gallantly.” Gen. John Bell Hood Army of Tennessee Confederate States of America

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Main Entrenchment Federal Battle Line

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Franklin, Tennessee.
Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864. Federal commander, Gen. John M. Schofield. Confederate commander, Gen. John B. Hood. Bloodiest battle of the War Between the States for numbers involved. In this battle fell six . . .

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Cleburne’s Division

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Franklin, Tennessee.
This division was commanded by Major General Patrick R. Cleburne, and consisted of Granbury’s Texas Brigade, Govan’s Arkansas Brigade, and Lowry’s Alabama and Mississippi Brigade. They were engaged around the Cotton Gin, . . .

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Bate's Division

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Franklin, Tennessee.
Maj. Gen. Wm. B. Bate’s division consisted of Smith’s Tennessee-Georgia, Bullock’s Florida and Jackson’s Georgia brigades. The division, struck the main line west of Brown’s Division, their right in the locust grove and . . .

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Brown's Division

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Franklin, Tennessee.
This division, commanded by Major General John C. Brown, consisted or Gordon’s, Strahel’s and Darter’s Tennessee brigades, and Gist’s South Carolina and Georgia brigade. They were engaged south and west of the Carter house . . .

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Captain Theodrick (Todd) Carter

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Franklin, Tennessee.
Born at the Carter House March 24, 1840 and educated at the Harpeth Academy. He was an attorney-at-law and a Master Mason. Todd enlisted in Co. H, 20th Tenn. Inf. May 1, 1862. Appointed assistant Quarter Master on Oct. 24, . . .

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183rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry

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Franklin, Tennessee.
The 183rd Ohio was mustered into Federal Service November 13, 1864 at Camp Dennison, Ohio. With 700 officers and enlisted men present, it arrived at Rutherford Creek on November 28th and was engaged in skirmishing at Spring . . .

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125th O.V.I.

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Franklin, Tennessee.
The 125th O.V.I. was formed at Camp Cleveland, Ohio in August of 1862. The regiment was stationed in Franklin in the spring of 1863. On November 30, 1864, the 125th were in reserve 150 yards north of the Carter house with . . .

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Second African Baptist Church

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Louisville, Kentucky.
Side 1 Second African Baptist Church, now Green Street Baptist Church, was formally organized here, Sept. 29, 1844. As was usual in the years of slavery, the founding members had the sponsorship of a protection committee, . . .

(African Americans • Churches, Etc.) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Slavery Laws In Old Kentucky/Site of Arterburn Brothers Slave Pens

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Louisville, Kentucky.
Slavery Laws In Old Kentucky Ky.'s 1792 Constitution continued legalized enslavement of blacks in the new state; 1800 tax lists show 40,000 slaves. U.S. banned African slave trade in 1808 but selling of men, women and . . .

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Rogers-Carrier House

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Lansing, Michigan.
Lansing architect Darius B. Moon built this Queen Anne style house in 1891 for realtor H. M. Rogers. Purchased by Lansing merchant M. R. Carrier in 1905, the house was occupied by the Carrier family until 1964. In 1966, . . .

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Woodbury-Kerns House

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Lansing, Michigan.
Darius B. Moon, prominent turn-of-the century Lansing architect, designed this Queen Anne house in 1896 for Chester E. Woodbury, founder of the Lansing Capitol Savings and Loan Association. The structure’s last residential . . .

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Carnegie Library

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Lansing, Michigan.
Side A Andrew Carnegie credited libraries with opening the "treasures of knowledge and imagination through which youth may ascend." This belief led him to provide funding for more than 1,600 libraries across the United . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Education • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Church of the Resurrection / Monsignor John A. Gabriels

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Lansing, Michigan.
Side A Church of the Resurrection - On June 15 1922, the Most Reverend Michael J. Gallagher, bishop of Detroit, sent Father John A. Gabriels to Lansing to establish a Catholic parish east of the Pere Marquette railroad . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Turner-Dodge House

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Lansing, Michigan.
Side A James Turner, a Lansing pioneer, originally owned this property. A native of New York, Turner came to Lansing in 1847 from nearby Mason, where he was a merchant. He immediately opened a general store in the Seymour . . .

(Architecture • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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