Burial of a Civil War Soldier

[SOHrithal]

I live around the area of Franklin. I'm a huge history buff especially when dealing with the Civil War. Wish I had the time to go see it. I'm going to the Ag. Center of Williamson County on December 3rd. They are having a huge re-enactment. It's a little south of Franklin if anyone wants to go.

[shadowchaser01]

They were marching with an Iowa flag there.

[PhiloAmericana]

A terrible price to pay for true nationhood.

[50TNCSA]

SALUTE *stands at attention*

[jamesgle]

As a Vietnam Veteran, this stirs many emotions. Why not bury him with full military honors instead of having a bunch of "reanactors" play their own selfish game. This man was a Soldier. Give him the respect that he deserves! Do not make his burial a "Dog and Pony Show" for a group of people who live in a fantasy world. He should have been buried by real soldiers. Soldiers who are just like he was.

[50TNCSA]

@jamesgle because he might be a confederate soldier so the US army will not recognize him as a US soldier because he took up arms against the united states also alot of reenactors are vets .

[thatwardgirl]

Thank you for giving me some time to reflect on that day as I reflect on this Nov. 30.

[gabriel19551]

Very nice, I would of liked to have seen more. I too had a grandfather who fought in the war with the 39th. N.Y. It was nice to see everyone in period clothing to pay their respects to that fallen soldier wether Northern or Southern it doesn't matter. Thanks for posting this video.

[mitre9]

what state dirt was thrown into the grave? because i saw an Iowa state flag.

[thatwardgirl]

@mitre9 They brought in soil from all 7 states he might have been from to place in the grave.

[thatwardgirl]

@mitre9 Oops, no 18 states.

[sockettuem]

@mitre9 soil from 18 states, north and south were placed in the grave to assure the unknown would be interred with ground from his home state.  The Iowa flag was carried by members of the 49th Iowa Infantry (re-enacted), Sons of Veterans Reserve of the Sons of Union Veterans of the civil war, who made the trip from from Des Moines, Iowa. People from thirty states and seven different nations paid their respects during the reinterment.

[haynes1776]

I was just cuirous of were they found the remains of the soldier? was it at Franklin? was he union or confederate? Still, it was an honor to do this for this soldier. great video.

[rmstudio]

This really was something... Thank you for posting.. It was moving seeing those 2 old timers coming to pay the respect of a fallen brother... As well as all the people... Brings a bit of a tear to your eye...

[UnseenVoices]

it ends too soon. The elderly men at the end both had fathers who fought in the Civil War on opposing sides and went on to live their lives after the war. The ceremony ended with both men speaking about their fathers' roles in the war, and the 2 old timers shaking hands over the grave.

It was something to see

[DCRTV1]

Thanks for the comments.

I didn't get as much recorded as I wanted because I was using a new camcorder that I had only bought that morning, and I didn't have time to charge the battery up very much. Toward the end, the battery was about dead, and it kept cutting off, which is why some of the scenes at the end are as short as they are.

[UnseenVoices]

a big thanks for posting ;)

[SOHrithal]

@UnseenVoices Uhm... Thats impossible unless they were like 120 years old

[drummerlead]

I was just visiting Nashville TN from 10/18-10/26 of this year. It was on Oct. 19 just 9 days after the discovery of the Civil War soldier in the unmarked grave that I learned of all of this. I went on the "Step Back In Time-Franklin House" tour in which I got to tour the Carter House and the plantation which was Ms. Carrie Snyder's home. Our guide at the Franklin house was very passionate in his storytelling and really sparked my imagination! I wish I could have been there at this ceremony!

[Ihateworking1]

It is INSANE commanders were still demanding charges at this point in the war . It is incredible and terrible to think that no real lessons were learned from these experiences even after the conclusion of the war when these charges were still occurring in WW1.

[Ihateworking1]

Wow this stirs the imagination, I just read a short article on this exact funeral featured in USA Today a week or two ago. I wonder how the soldier would feel knowing that both flags would be placed upon his coffin? It really makes me sad most people aren't passionate about any enough

The 2nd Battle of Franklin is really a fascinating event. Its astounding to think what a terrible impact it had on the Confederate's in the West. The army of Tennessee was annihilated at this battle.

[DCRTV1]

Thanks. I have two ancestors I know of who fought in the Civil War. One was apparently wounded in the Battle of Franklin. I have ancestors and ancestral relatives buried in the old cemetaries in the area. So, this is of personal interest to my family history. I am blood related to the Carter family of the Carter House in Franklin, which was near the epicenter of the worst fighting on November 30, 1864.

[Amac58605860]

My ancestor was wounded in the battle as well. William F. Carlstead of the Missouri 3rd & 5th Consolidated. My wife and I will be attending the anniversary. Thanks for posting this.

[UnseenVoices]

Cpt Tod Carter, from the Carter household, was mortally wounded fighting the enemy in his parents' front yard. He died in his own bed

[Ihateworking1]

I forgot to finish the last line in the first paragraph I meant to say "It really makes me sad most people aren't passionate about anything in these times"

[drummerlead]

Were there two battles that happened at Franklin? Or just the one?

[UnseenVoices]

there were 2, the second being "the" battle of Franklin.

the first was a minor skirmish about 3 years before

[drummerlead]

@UnseenVoices does this mean that the're not sure if this person died in the small skirmish or in the big Battle of Franklin?

[UnseenVoices]

no, they were sure. the First skirmish happened at another location and was much smaller. This body was found on the battlefield, on the southern end, approaching the Carter House. They were unsure of which side he was on because his uniform was nothing but rags...however there were UNION buttons in the grave. They argued that many Cs wore union buttons. I don't buy it lol

[rabuliz]

@UnseenVoices It was common for Confederate soldiers to take the pants from fallen Union soldiers if the ones they had were in rags. Either way I'm pleased this brave man was honored the way he was.

[50TNCSA]

@UnseenVoices alot of confederates did use captured buttons and equipment but your right more than likely he was a federal soldier

[UnseenVoices]

Im sorry it was only the year before.

"The 1863 engagement at Franklin was a reconnaissance in force by Confederate cavalry leader Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, coupled with an equally inept response by Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger. Van Dorn advanced northward from Spring Hill, Tennessee, on April 10, making contact with Federal skirmishers just outside Franklin...." -excerpt from Wikipedia

[UnseenVoices]

The Union held the town of Franklin until the second battle, which caused them to retreat into Nashville.

feel free to correct me, Im an not a historian,... but I do live right off the battlefield and have been exposed to our history for the last 40 years.

The graveyard dedicated to the Cs that died at Franklin is one of the Paranormal "hot spots" of the South. I have several voices of Confederate soldiers, one possibly being Gen PR Cleburne, himself.

[drummerlead]

@UnseenVoices Wow! Thanks for all the tidbits of info on your unidentified soldier that was discovered too. :) Sure makes me wish I had been there! Like I said earlier, I happened to be touring at Carter House and at the MacGavock plantation in Late October 2009, just a week and a half after you re-interred the soldier. Is the cemetery that we see here the one AT MacGavock plantation?

[UnseenVoices]

very welcome, my friend.

no. this is Rest Haven Cemetery. The second oldest cem in town, goes back to early 1800s I think. maybe earlier.

the Graveyard at the plantation is the one I mentioned as being so paranormally active,