The
John Bell Hood Historical Society presents
Hood's
Tennessee Campaign:
Other Voices!
 May
9-11, 2008
Hyatt Place-Cool Springs
Franklin, Tennessee
The
John Bell Hood Historical Society will hold its 2008 Conference
and Tour in Spring Hill/Franklin Tennessee on the weekend of May 9-11,
2008. A study of Gen. John Bell Hood's desperate and decisive invasion
will be conducted, and for perhaps the first time the long silenced
views of Confederate government officials and officers and enlisted
men of both the Union and Confederate armies will be revealed and considered.
 Was
Gen. Hood's invasion merely a quixotic dream? Who was to blame for the
mysterious Confederate failure at Spring Hill? Was Gen. Hood's decision
to attack at Franklin a sound tactical decision, or the actions of an
enraged commander simply punishing his army? These and other common
questions will be considered.
This year's event also includes an introduction to a relatively unknown but highly significant aspect of the Tennessee Campaign. For the first time ever an analysis and tour of the Army of Tennessee's hazardous and heroic retreat from the frozen hillsides of Nashville will be held over much of the original ground where it occurred. A professional analysis of the remarkable rear-guard actions led by Confederate Generals, Stephen D. Lee, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and Edward C Walthall against Gen. George Thomas's pursuing Union legions will be held. This portion of the conference will provide a rare glimpse of a much neglected aspect Hood's Tennessee Campaign.
Our expert guides will be Carnton Plantation Military Historian Eric
Jacobson, author of the acclaimed new book on Spring Hill and Franklin,
For Cause and For Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill
and the Battle of Franklin, and David Fraley, Military Historian
at the Carter House, author of a soon to be published book on Hood's
retreat.
A block of rooms have been reserved for JBHHS attendees at the beautiful
new Hyatt Place hotel in the Cool Springs section of Franklin. http://franklin.place.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/place/index.jsp
A special discounted room rate of $129.00 per night is available to
JBHHS attendees. Please contact the hotel and make your reservations,
and mention the John Bell Hood Historical Society. The hotel phone number is 615- 771- 8900. Unsold rooms will
be released on April 8.
The cost of the Conference/Tour will be $175 for JBHHS members and $195
for non-members. To register send a check in the applicable
amount to Event Coordinator Susan Graves Tebbs at 219 Fontaine
Circle, Lexington, KY 40502. Include your name, street address,
email address, and home and cell phone numbers. For questions
please contact Susan at susu55@windstream.net
or 859-266-4274.
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Friday May 9
6:00 pm Registration and Reception, Hyatt Place Hotel,
Cool Springs
6:30 pm Welcome, JBHHS President Sam Hood
6:45 pm Military/Political Purpose of the Tennessee
Invasion, Sam Hood
7:00 pm The Battles of Spring Hill and Franklin, Eric Jacobson
7:30 pm The Battle of Nashville and Hood's Retreat,
David Fraley
8:00 pm Adjourn
Saturday May 10, with Eric Jacobson
8:00 am Depart hotel
8:45 am Arrive Columbia
9:00 am-Noon Columbia, Spring Hill
Noon-1:00 pm Lunch
1:00-4:00 pm Franklin (Winstead Hill, Carter House,
McGavock Cemetery, Carnton)
4:30 pm Return to hotel
Sunday May 11 with David Fraley
8:00 am Depart hotel
8:30 am Arrive Nashville
8:30-10 am Driving Tour, Battle of Nashville sites
10 am-1 pm Hood's Retreat route and battle sites
1:30 pm Return to hotel and adjournment
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