Marching to help Save The Franklin Battlefield

FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Reenactors will be marching to help Save The Franklin Battlefield Inc. (STFB) on Nov.
16-18. Twenty-one uniformed reenactors will march 30 miles over the three days to raise funds to help retire the debt
on Collins' Farm, 3.22 acres of core battlefield that STFB purchased in June.

The land is on the extreme Confederate right/Federal left of the Franklin battlefield. It was the ground Gen. W.W.
Loring's Division passed over as they climbed the railroad embankment and got entangled in the osage orange abatis
in front of the Federal trenches.

It was of this ground that Lt. William H. Berryhill of the 43rd Mississippi lamented, "I cannot see how any
human being could live two moments in such a place."

Each of the reenactors will portray and represent one of the 17 states represented by regiments in the Nov. 30,
1864, Battle of Franklin.

Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee had troops fighting in the battle on both sides, hence the number 21. Other
states represented will be Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

The reenactors will march from a point along the Natchez Trace, encamping along the way, and into Franklin,
ending up at the Collins' Farm property on Lewisburg Pike. STFB is encouraging groups and the general public to
sponsor the reenactor representing the state of their choice on a "per mile" basis.

Pledges are tax-deductible and can be sent to: Save The Franklin Battlefield Inc., 418 Lewisburg Ave., Franklin,
TN 37064, attn: Fraley/Fundraising March.
For more information, call the STFB office at (615) 500-6612 or visit www.franklin-stfb.org.