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The Daily Dispatch: December 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], Confederate account of the battle of Franklin. (search)
first Confederate account of the battle at Franklin, Tennessee, which has yet been published, appears in the Macon Telegraph, derived from an officer who left General Hood's army on the 1st instant: "It appears that the enemy, after being driven out of Columbia, evacuated Murfreesboro'; and, uniting all their forces, took up position on the high cliffs south of Franklin. General Hood pursued them closely in their retreat, and when they formed line of battle on a series of hills below Franklin, he flanked them out of their position. They then fell back to their fortifications on the edge of the town, where they formed a strong line of battle. Immether two were not remembered by our informant. General Gordon was captured. A large amount of stores were captured, especially at Columbia. Recruits are joining Hood's army in numbers more than sufficient to supply all the losses, and the army is in high spirits. General Pillow arrived at his plantation in time to capture larg
contain a good many fancy dispatches from Nashville, in which the defeat of General Hood is magnified by various artifices, the favorite dodge being the repetition o, says: Thomas is pursuing the enemy to Duck river. We have nearly all of Hood's artillery, and his army is really fearfully demoralized. All the rivers are high, and all the bridges in Hood's front destroyed. Our pontoons are up. We captured three thousand of the enemy's wounded at Franklin, Tennessee. Since Thursday, wng Generals Jackson and Johnston, as well as Brigadier-Generals Smith and Roger. Hood had sixty-five pieces of artillery. We have captured fifty-four pieces. The entotal number of prisoners captured in the two days fight is estimated at 6,500. Hood's loss in men cannot be less than 15,000 since he advanced from Columbia toward alute of one hundred guns was fired in honor of the great victory of Thomas over Hood. The rebels sullenly threw a few shells in reply, but they did no damage.