(3-95) US-31, north of
Spring Hill
Hood and Schofield Marker: November 29, 1864. About
1/2 mile east, Buford's Division of Forrest's Cavalry Corps drove in
pickets from Opdyke's and Lane's Federal Brigades and contained their
defenses, extending west to the railroad. Meanwhile, Stewart's Corps,
marching north further eastward, with orders to bar the Nashville road,
was halted by order from Hood. This caused the entire operation plan to
fail, resulting in the Battles of Franklin and Nashville |
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(3-95) McKissack
House 1845, US-31, Spring Hill. Local legend says Union General John M.
Schofield stopped here while his army was escaping Hood's trap in November
1864 |
(3-95) US-31, Spring Hill
Ewell
Farm Marker: This was the last home of Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell,
C.S.A. Here his wife and their son, Maj. Campbell Brown, with Capt. M. C.
Campbell and W. J. Webster, brought the first Jersey cattle imported from
the Channel Island to Tennessee. Here, also, was developed the
"Hal" strain of pacers. Little Brown Jug and his brother, Brown
Hal, are buried in the vicinity |
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(3-95) Ewell Farm, 1 mile west of Spring Hill on
Depot Street.
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