What is Franklin's Charge?
Franklin's Charge is not a separate preservation organization, nor does it replace current preservation groups. Franklin's Charge is made up of representatives from all of the existing preservation and conservation organizations in Williamson County. It also relies on the support and input of national preservation associations who share our vision for a battlefield park in Franklin.

Franklin's Charge, A Vision and Campaign for the Preservation of Historic Open Space, has reached far beyond the original coalition group to include men and women from every walk of life in the Franklin, Williamson County and Middle Tennessee communities. Franklin's Charge has cut across and through all the lines that seem to normally separate us as it seeks to preserve and memorialize our collective history - whether our history be north or south, black or white, or we're recent arrivals to this nation. In the end, what happened at Franklin during those five tragic hours affected all of us, as it helped forge us into one nation.

What organizations are represented in Franklin's Charge?
Franklin's Charge is made up of representatives from The African-American Heritage Society, The Carter House, The Harpeth River Watershed Association, The Heritage Foundation, Historic Carnton Plantation, The Land Trust For Tennessee, Tennessee Civil War Preservation Association, Civil War Preservation Trust, Tennessee Preservation Trust, Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, Save The Franklin Battlefield, Williamson County Historical Society and interested city and county leaders.

How important was the Battle of Franklin?
The Battle of Franklin remains that turning point in the war in the West that sealed the fate of the Southern Confederacy, and out of which our country was reborn. Serious Civil War historians consider Franklin to be one of the most consequential battles of the war.

The Battle of Franklin has been referred to by historians as the "bloodiest hours of the Civil War." In those five tragic hours as many soldiers died on the field at Franklin as did either Federal or Confederate troops at the two-day battles of Shiloh and Stones River. The Battle of Franklin also saw the largest infantry charge ever made on North American soil.