Tennessee Talk with Mike and Whit

On this episode of The Civil War Regiments Podcast, I'm joined by fellow living historians, Mike Hoover and Whit Barr, to discuss the soldiers, battles and battlefields of Tennessee during the Civil War. We also spend time on the story and controversial legacy of Sam Watkins and his famous memoir. Show Notes: Battlefields and Historic Sites mentioned: Stones River National Battlefield, The Battle of Franklin Trust, Carter House, Fort Negley, Spring Hill, St. John's Cemetery, Old City Cemetery-Nashville, Shy's Hill, Absalom Thompson House, Rippavilla Plantation, Lotz House, Carnton Plantation, McGavock Cemetery, Rest Haven Cemetery-Franklin, Winstead Hill

Books mentioned: History of the Twentieth Tennessee, by William McMurray Civil War Regiments, by Stephen Lunsford Company Aytch, by Sam Watkins, edited by Ruth McAllister Confederate Veteran Magazine Southern Historical Society Papers For Cause and For Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill & the Battle of Franklin, by Eric Jacobson Let Us Die Like Men: The Battle of Franklin, by Lee White Twenty-five Hours to Tragedy: The Battle of Spring Hill, by Jamie Gillum