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| The Federal line near the Carter House |
My wife and I enjoyed a nice getaway last weekend in Nashville with some longtime friends. On our
last day, we made it down to Franklin for some sightseeing. With my friend Aaron Cohen navigating, I tramped around a few of the battlefield sites there including Windham Hill, Fort
Granger, and the Carter House. At the
Carter House Visitor Center, I had the good fortune
to chat with
James Knight, author of several titles on the Civil War in Tennessee. He was nice enough to sign a copy of his book on
Hood's Tennessee Campaign for me. I learned later that he has also written about Bonnie and Clyde. At Fort Granger, Amy Glover, a California transplant exploring the site with her family, kindly snapped the picture of me below. Fort Granger is an impressive work, towering over the
Harpeth River and surrounding countryside. The maps don't do it justice.
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| Author James Knight and your blogger. |
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| Fort Granger |
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