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Battle of Franklin -The Troops Fought With a Desperation Bordering Upon Madness
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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News of the Union victory at the Battle of Franklin made its way across the North, with early reports filed by correspondents. One of these writers, 1st Lt. Daniel Royse, who started the war in the 40th Indiana Infantry and served as an aide to Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner, detailed the action in a letter to his hometown newspaper in Lafayette, Ind.
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