The New York herald., 1864-12-11
THE RATTLE OF FRANx11r.
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49, NAay'lls, Dec !, 1894
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,e.ore / give the details Of tho battle Of Franklin
sch has ipncted heavy loss and given severe CHECK
khe onemy, l viii give resxse Of ehe movements 81
n hossls armies Tor some days previous. " well
bwu that Thomas had but comparatively small
=, in the neld under General Schohed 70 reast HOODS
s,apce. This might be safely mentioned now ~ Tho
ser Is past and Thomas ln position 70 act either
.,,hs o0susve or sSNasiys. Too much credn cannot
given 70 Major csue5sl schoneid and Stanley for the
amirapls manner N which they conduclea rssre@'
eth handful or troops against an OVERWHELMING fce'
ia keeping thsm in check for several days. Svesy mca
ground they gave up had 70 bo desperately disputed
"a ,or . fun week The rebel army was swarm.
hs on their front and fank, watching ior
weak uou, 70 pierce their ne but they watched 10 van
FOR whersvsr they they found strong force ready
10 confront them AT length our generals avA'ed snem
Sivss q, the position around Franklin and met tne
.u.mv Yesterday evening" nnctiss on them one Of she
svorss rspulses they have met for some timc'
On Sunday there was light skirmssb!ns OIL dy-our
eroops holding their original position around oou"ps
rhs enemy having crossed Duck river ana threatening
eur fanks compelled US TO svacuate' wn'ca We gu on
Sunday u,shburning tho bridge across Duck siveT al
g., o,c,ock ON Monday morning The akirmisbtog ou
Monday was very light -
y
uvok river About noon our advance reichsd spring
An, twe,ve mil,s from Columbia Soon after inc seoe'
cavalry made their appearance, dashing down on ps
ana Fourth corps train They were kept ~ psy u" w
Fnrd BRIGADE Second division, Fourth corps, snu -
ma Hundred and Third Ohio rweuyth'rd army 0o'ps,
same nm About four O'Clock the enemy aumoo.'us
about six ,hcus and dtsounted cavalry
and drore them back half q mile, wneo our na'
"a souportcd by battery First 0nio aruery cne0s''
t.a~kh hrfo ade
49, .,arr.a an the enemy and after severe con
a., r.nrsee them Here General Bradley gos severe
~ou,dsd In ,hc shoulder, aud MAJOR sNssn' enss "'
Ohio. dangerously fn the oreass
rn -, ns,ueer here and DUCK riva must DO c'oss
swo hundred. .,.s., than
cspera Wagner and his division d'scnRa'sueu 'uo'
..s,ves nv the cool. determined manner 'n "nA wy
me, the enomyas spring Hill; ano' 'nousu 'a' 49, 49,
greatly outpumbosed them, 'oeY ~sp' '
and nna,,y rsvulsed thcm.
tou,d brys stated that our roar gusrd ola nss 'ea
r,.s,r,ver until about uius O'Clock on Monday nlR'
vneu brigade OF tho Twesty.tbrd corps osa -.
,r,rmsn With the enemy, who were covcr'us 'ne =,
oa utocn tram bnt We were not able 70 prsven' sno
- ,hcv crowded down heavy iorce' Sstn Oh "'"''
aud infantry, upon US. -, 80, = xr
nar.~.oa, main force came xp 20 Spring Hin, on w
- s,ora,r, ina rebs,s succeeded in burning r'
n fourteen cara and engine, with sSuo e"pp"S
ofacc.s' baggage
rHg t,GHr fRAstsis.
Franklin Ia q small county town, OF soou' ohe ""aa
has,,spss nineteen miles south Of Nashville ans
tiguous 70 shs Nashville and Alabama nne
railway The iswr In built on siopins h"''
anne etroug bluss ia It's Northeast of the W"
!. very commanding hill, on which VIC hada strong
commanding both che town ana l'ne Of railway. YVES
ane town. sud close on u, are somc less prominent
,ron which We established our battsries About noo
wednesday our main " my roachedSrankln, snd Ger
schoaela who cornmaudf 10 the ned. being fully s-af
snat tho enemy were hanging ON his tanks road
.vesn down upsn him. at once formed into line oI ba
Lar posuou WIS south cf The to~n, partly IN eeh
our con.fe ressug on tho town, ana covering both
tbe railroad.
The Twenty-shlra CORPS occupied ihc rgnt sne
.un tho Fourth corps on che le ard rcssisg on Hsr
,,xer Our ceuire was nou within about four roo
me town with our TANKS dressed and exsenuns
hall mile risst andlsf<.
IN front Of our line ran . deep Irregular guIy.
y.rsed BY vide rayioe. Beyond this the rebels
o,ed high. com lsndiag position, and were ecrccnf
tnol wood. We hastily threw mp partial works
40, our batteries 10 position. The Twentieth OHIO pa
Al LIGHT trelre.pouuders, temporarily attached u
seoord division. twenty third corps, occupied ihe
NJ ,hs r,ke and len on the ceutre OF tho division
sstIsrv rendered very important 3eryne during iho y
Tho Twenty.s y.sc,ord lodjApa wss thH tu'sues "