New-York tribune., 1911-11-26
In This Article of the Civil
War Series Battle Which
Proved Beginning of
End Is Described.

Yankees into the river" hut although
some parts of the breastworks we're as
saulted thirteen distinct times. each time
the wave flowed back through the dense
pail of smoke that hung over the scene ct
carnage in the breathless air. When at
last the final charge had been made six
Confederate generals lay dead and SIX
wounded among the thousands of the sons
of the South who rested in their blood
soaked garments outside the Union breast
works. The Confederate loss at Franklin
has been estimated at 6.252. OF which az
except 200 were killed and wounded, while
the Union loss was only 2.39G. OF when
200 were i'm Wagner's advanced brigades'
At Nashville Thomas now awaited IN
good spirits, the coming of Hood. The lohg
hoped for reinforcements had reached hlIu'
Smiths corps OF 1900 men, whose arrNa'
had been promised for the middle Of NO
vember and whose coming AT that time
would have relegated the battles Of Frank
lin and Nashville to the list OF events
which never come to pass" had entered
Nashville. Schoheld, under orders from
General Thomas, now fell back from Frank
lin TO the works south OF Nashville. lie
Wilson had met and checked Forrest iue
Union troops were disposed south OF the
city, which lies on a bend in the Cumoer-
land River on the southern side. AS one
faces the south from the Capitol building
I'm the city. Schoheld's troops occupied the
left. the 4th Corps, under T. j. Wood, the
centre, and Smith the right. When Steed-
man arrived with his provisional troops
they were placed on the extreme left be-
tween Schofield and the river
Hood soon came up and the work Of prep
aration to meet him was hurried forward
An inner line of works was prepared lor
occupation by the men OF the quartermas.
t6r's department ana the handsome Capi'"
on the hill i'm the centre of the city was
fortified TO serve as a citadel in case OF ne
cesslty. for several thousand men could ?"
accommodated within it's massive walls
and it contained an ample supply Of water
in cisterns. The country was secured lot
horses for the cavalry, circuses, streetc"'
companies and farmers even Governor An-
drew Johnson, the Vice President elect pe-
ing compelled to give up any suitable am
mails they had Nor was Hood idle NiH'e
waiting for expected rcinforcements fVh
Texas he foolishly sent Forrest and some
infantry on fruitless raid to Murifee'-
boro
General Thomas however in making a.
surance double sure" labored under Sc
we're mental strain. prom the mome''
Schoheld reached Nashville General Grant
began To urge him TO go out and hF"'
Thomas the Rock 81 Chickamausa, N''
not TO be hurried Patiently he Wol"'U
determined that there should be no tai'"''
due 10 aggressive action before the ARM
was ready. The messages flowed IN uS'
after day but he said hardly word aoo''
them To those near him Ills stan ohlo'''
did not know the contents OF the telegr"'''
which came 20 him There was no cess"
tlon In the work OF Welding his heieros'n'
Gus force into a wieldable engine OF w"
that would not Tail. He transacted all ''o
details of municipal business devoNlne
upon him. such as supplying poor fahii''s
with wood in the days of freezing weat"'''
I'm order finally was prepated at Washlns
ton, relieving him OF the command. be'o''
il was sent, however. Thomas had repo''
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