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Re: Death of Capt. Samuel L. Freeman at Franklin

Greg --

Perhaps David could confirm the actual site where Captain Freeman was killed. An account given by Judge Henderson, who observed the attack of the 4th U.S. Cavalry on Freeman's Battery, appears in Confederate Veteran Magazine of June 1911, page 308. His account suggests the site to be just east of the Lewisburg Pike near its intersection with Old Peytonsville Road. Old Douglas Church, at the intersection of Lewisburg Pike and Henpeck Lane, would be on a small hill or rise just north of the site, while Goose Creek flows across the pike maybe a quarter mile or more south.

The battlefield of April 10, 1863, can be found four miles south of Franklin along the Lewisburg Pike near the Goose Creek exit of I-65. Do you know anyone familiar with the area?

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