This is not only fascinating and informative, but truly shows the carnage of this battle. We have visited the Carter House and it is indescribable to walk into the farm office and stare at the wall filled with bullet holes. You are in awe. Not only because it shows how vicious this battle was, but that it has been restored and preserved so carefully to allow visitors the opportunity to place themselves in that soldiers frame of mind. Too often we see battle sites of fields and the occasional surviving buildings but you have to imagine how the battle played out and where the regiments were firing from…here it is all too evident and this forensic recreation literally gave me chills! The amount of work to recreate this was truly a gift and hopefully (with donations not ceasing) will be around for another hundred years. Please keep the Civil War important trusts and historic sites such as this alive so that those wishing to remove and forget our past (by tearing down historic monuments) may be educated to appreciate the sacrifice made by both the Union AND Confederate soldiers. Thank you Franklin Trust!!!!
This particular civil war battle, and the massive charge ordered by Hood, is far too often overlooked, yet is among the most fascinating and tragic of the war in general or our history in particular. I very much enjoyed the forensics of the Carter house events. Many thanks to all of you fine folks for this extraordinary analysis.
