Remembrance Column CSA Brigadier General Otho Strahl

CSA Brigadier General Otho Strahl was killed near this spot, very close to the Carter House, during the Second Battle of Franklin.

The Second Battle of Franklin was the frontal attack, over open terrain, on the strong Northern defenses in Franklin, on 30 November 1864. The attack, the largest single attack in the American Civil War, failed. Of the 19,000 Confederate soldiers, 1750, including six generals, were killed and 3800 were wounded.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Michael Noirot – BattlefieldPortraits.com