Reenactors To March For Franklin Battlefield
October 2002

FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Civil War reenactors will be marching “Forty for Franklin” on Nov. 15 and 16 to help Save The Franklin Battlefield Inc. (STFB). The 21 uniformed reenactors will march 40 miles over two days to raise funds to help retire the debt on Collins’ Farm in Franklin.
Collins’ Farm is 3.22 acres of core battlefield that STFB purchased in June 2001, preventing it from possible commercial development. The land is on the extreme Confederate right/Federal left of the Franklin battlefield and 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.

Each reenactor will portray and represent one of the 17 Union and Confederate states that had regiments engaged at the Battle of Franklin on Nov. 30, 1864. 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 40 miles 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 reenactors on a per mile basis. The pledge is completely tax-deductible and can be sent to: Save The Franklin Battlefield, Inc., 418 Lewisburg Ave., Franklin, TN 37064, attn: David Fraley, Fundraising March, or by email to maurygreys@aol.com.

Save The Franklin Battlefield Inc. is a non-profit, 501 (c)(3) all-volunteer organization that works for preservation and development of the Civil War legacy in Franklin and Williamson County, Tenn. For more information, call the STFB office at (615) 500-6612 or visit www.franklin-stfb.org.