Mississippi 8th Infantry, Company I (Confederate)
30/11/64
Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee
Franklin (1864)
After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE
9/04/65
Mustered Out - Mississippi 8th Infantry, Company I - Mississippi
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regiment -Mississippi 8th Infantry (Confederate)
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