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Historian-author Thomas Flagel tells of Hood's charge at Franklin [video 1 minute, 10 seconds]

Historian and author Thomas Flagel spoke for several minutes tonight. He was his usual passionate-self as he talked about how Hood’s charge at Franklin is often compared to Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg, but the Franklin-charge was bigger in many ways.
Read entire article at The Battle of Franklin