On this episode of The Civil War Regiments Podcast, I'm joined by fellow living historians, Mike Hoover and Whit Barr, to discuss the soldiers, battles and battlefields of Tennessee during the Civil War. We also spend time on the story and controversial legacy of Sam Watkins and his famous memoir.
Show Notes:
Battlefields and Historic Sites mentioned: Stones River National Battlefield, The Battle of Franklin Trust, Carter House, Fort Negley, Spring Hill, St. John's Cemetery, Old City Cemetery-Nashville, Shy's Hill, Absalom Thompson House, Rippavilla Plantation, Lotz House, Carnton Plantation, McGavock Cemetery, Rest Haven Cemetery-Franklin, Winstead Hill
Books mentioned:
History of the Twentieth Tennessee, by William McMurray
Civil War Regiments, by Stephen Lunsford
Company Aytch, by Sam Watkins, edited by Ruth McAllister
Confederate Veteran Magazine
Southern Historical Society Papers
For Cause and For Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill & the Battle of Franklin, by Eric Jacobson
Let Us Die Like Men: The Battle of Franklin, by Lee White
Twenty-five Hours to Tragedy: The Battle of Spring Hill, by Jamie Gillum
