The Battle of Franklin

The Battle of Franklin

Read the directions below to learn about the Battle of Franklin. Answer the questions and prompts on a single google doc. You and your partner can share one. Be sure to put both your names on the document.

1. Intro to the Battle of Franklin (watch video)

What was happening in the South in November 1864?

2. Watch the Animated Map of the Battle of Franklin. Complete the Animated Map Sheet (attached below) as you watch the animated map. ** You may have to watch the animated map a couple of times in order to fill in the entire sheet.

3. Look at the photo of Sam Watkins

"Sam and his fellow soldiers fought in many terrible battles including Shiloh, Corinth,Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge and the struggle for Atlanta. His regiment suffered horrendous losses – out of about 120 men who enlisted in 1861, Watkins was one of seven men present when the regiment surrendered in 1865. Long after the war, Watkins wrote about his Civil War experiences in Co. Aytch. Sam Wakins describes his participation in the Battle of Franklin in a chapter entitled "The Death Angel Gathers its Last Harvest."

4. Read "Franklin: The Death-Angel Gathers Its Last Harvest" by Sam Watkins.

a. On google docs in google classroom make four categories: a. sight b. sound c. smell d. feel

b. Read the above reading with your partner and then discuss it together. On your google doc with the four categories, discuss what the battle experience was like for these participants and give examples of the sight, sound, smell and feel of the battle.

Vocabulary:

Supply Lines – routes that armies use to transport food, supplies and ammunition

Entrenched – “dug in”; to be dug into the ground possibly using trenches, fortifications or the land itself so that soldiers couldn't be dislodged easily

Abatis - A line of trees, chopped down and placed with their branches facing the enemy, used to strengthen fortifications

Works - fortified structures designed to strengthen a position in battle; includes earthworks, fieldworks, entrenchments, siege lines...

Reinforce - make a military force stronger by sending more soldiers

5. Lastly, you will write a journal entry that you will turn in in google classroom. **Create your journal entry around the following prompt: Write about what it was like to be a soldier fighting in the Battle of Franklin. Imagine you are at the Battle of Franklin. What is the battle like? What do you see, smell, and hear? What does it feel like? Use adjectives, adverbs, and descriptive writing.