Battle of Franklin (1864)

Battle of Franklin (1864)

A wiki link on the subject can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Franklin_%281864%29

I once lived within 100 yards of the front line of the Battle, which was fought during the American Civil War. Now one can say the front line shifted during the Battle, and they would be correct.

Neighbors periodically are still digging up cannonballs from the Battle, usually when doing yard and garden type work. None have gone “boom” and hurting or killing someone a century after the Battle, thank goodness.

Even I kept trying to find the grave of someone allegedly buried on my parent’s property during the Battle. I never did make a discovery circa 1960. I have since buried a dog on the property.  Time does move on.

It is hard to believe such things in 2014 are still happening and being talked about in the new world USA.

I have lived in other places in the third world where battles were fought, and remnants of these battles are still being periodically dug up from the earth. Sometimes it is kind of scary, like a bomb being “discovered” and dug up from a children’s playground.