Battle of Franklin, Relief Map, Winstead Hill, Franklin, TN (2)

**Franklin Battlefield/Winstead Hill** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 66000734/74001930, date listed 10/15/1966/11/29/1974

S of Franklin on U.S. 31/2 mi. S of Franklin on U.S. 31

Franklin, TN (Williamson County)

A National Historic Landmark (www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/list-of-nh...). includes four non-contiguous properties associated with various aspects of the conduct of the Battle of Franklin: Fort Granger, Winsted Hill, the Carter House, and Carnton and the Confederate Cemetery.

Winstead Hill - is 840 feet above mean sea level, approximately 200 feet higher than the Town of Franklin, two miles to the northwest; it was obviously an excellent command and observation post.

About twenty years ago, a stone walk, with three sets of steps, with handrails was built by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, leading to a shelter at the 825 foot level. The stone used was quarried from the site. Under the shelter is a metal relief map, provided by the Tennessee Historical Commission describing the troop movement during the battle.

Winstead Hill - This hill gave commanding view of the upcoming battlefield. And it was from this hill that Hood gave the command to attack, despite his generals' advice. (1)

Jefferson Davis In his book “The Rise and Fall of the Confederate States" referred to the battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864, as "one of the bloodiest battles of the war." He wrote "the Confederates won a victory, but at a fearful cost." General John Bell Hood’s command post during the battle was on the northern slope of Winstead Hill (named for Samuel Winstead of Franklin, Tennessee).
From his observation post on the hill, 200 feet above the Union occupied town of Franklin, General John Bell Hood looked over a broad open field that rolled gently toward Federal positions. He watched his command of 18,000 Confederate infantrymen move relentlessly toward the enemy trenches.

Winstead Hill is most significant as the beginning point of the important Battle of Franklin, the beginning of the end for the Confederate Army in the West which was culminated in the Battle of Nashville two weeks later. (2)

References (1) NRHP Nomination Form npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/66000734.pdf

(2) npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/74001930.pdf

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