A history podcast brought to you by the Battle of Franklin Trust. It is how mission to tell the stories of the Battle of Franklin and the American Civil War- a War that Redefined America.
Eric and Joseph discuss the life and times of U.S. Army Gen. William T. Sherman.
Joseph surprises Eric with a discussion of Robert Hicks' Widow of the South.
In a second episode dedicated to the topic, Jeff and Eric discuss why young people do or not care about the Civil War.
Bella and Eric discuss a common trope in the popular view of history: Why don't young people care about history?
Eric and Joseph discuss the life and legacy of Tod Carter.
Eric and Joseph discuss the newly unveiled monument to Texas troops on the Franklin Battlefield.
Eric and Joseph delve into the role of Nathan Bedford Forrest in the early years of the Ku Klux Klan.
Eric and Joseph have a discussion about Civil War monuments and historical memory. Check it out!
Eric and Joseph discuss the postwar lives of two prominent Confederate generals, James Longstreet and John Bell Hood.
Eric and Joseph discuss one of the unappreciated sides of public history: "Fan Mail." Just what do people think? Find out now!
Eric and Joseph discuss the long road from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. How interconnected are they? Listen and find out!
Eric and Joseph compete in a Civil War themed gameshow. Who will win?
Join Eric and Joseph as they discuss their personal memories of the Battle of Franklin and working on various research projects connected to the battlefield sites.
Eric and Joseph discuss Brig. Gen. Francis Cockrell's Missouri Brigade and the Battle of Franklin.
What do the Battles of Spring Hill and Franklin mean to us 160 years later? Join Eric and Joseph as they discuss the events of November 1864 and their legacy.
Joseph and Eric discuss Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
In this special "hiatus" episode, Bill, Bailey, and Joseph talk about a letter from the Battle of Franklin Trust's collection written by W.E. Scott, a soldier in the 121st Ohio who was stationed in Franklin in 1863. To support The Dispatch and the efforts of the Battle of Franklin Trust, please visit the link below: https://boft.org/general-donations For a link to our online store, click here: https://store.boft.org/books-and-dvds
In the Dispatch's Season Finale, Bailey, Bill, and Joseph discuss the lead up to the secession of Southern states and the beginning of the Civil War. From December 1860 to June 1861, eleven states left the Union in response to the election of Abraham Lincoln and the breakdown of the political discourse over slavery. Listen in for more! To support The Dispatch and the efforts of the Battle of Franklin Trust, please visit the link below: https://boft.org/general-donations For a link to our online store, click here: https://store.boft.org/books-and-dvds
Join Eric Jacobson and Joseph Ricci as they discuss some of their favorite (and not so favorite) Civil War films! Does Hollywood get it right? How accurate are the portrayals of the period? Are some of them just too long? Find out when you listen to this episode of the Dispatch!
Please like, subscribe, and comment. The mission of the Battle of Franklin Trust is to preserve, understand, and interpret the story of a people forever impacted by the American Civil War. ⌲Website: https://boft.org ⌲Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boft1864/?h... ⌲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarntonTN/?e... ⌲Podcast: https://boftdispatch.podbean.com
The mission of the Battle of Franklin Trust is to preserve, understand, and interpret the story of a people forever impacted by the American Civil War. ⌲Website: https://boft.org ⌲Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boft1864/?h... ⌲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarntonTN/?e... ⌲Podcast: https://boftdispatch.podbean.com
Tour Guide Talk is back with Bill, David, and Joseph! Join the Dispatch hosts as they discuss the life and times of Generals John Bell Hood and John Schofield. For all their similarities, Bill, David, and Joseph, dismantle the legends and lore that cloud our visions of the two leaders and they delve into the "Duel of the Johns." Be sure to Like and Subscribe to The Dispatch: The Official Podcast of the Battle of Franklin Trust. To support The Dispatch and the efforts of the Battle of Franklin Trust, please visit the link below: https://boft.org/general-donations For a link to our online store, click here: https://store.boft.org/books-and-dvds
Please like, subscribe, and comment. The mission of the Battle of Franklin Trust is to preserve, understand, and interpret the story of a people forever impacted by the American Civil War. ⌲Website: https://boft.org ⌲Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boft1864/?h... ⌲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarntonTN/?e... ⌲Podcast: https://boftdispatch.podbean.com
Please like, subscribe, and comment. The mission of the Battle of Franklin Trust is to preserve, understand, and interpret the story of a people forever impacted by the American Civil War. ⌲Website: https://boft.org ⌲Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boft1864/?h... ⌲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarntonTN/?e... ⌲Podcast: https://boftdispatch.podbean.com
The mission of the Battle of Franklin Trust is to preserve, understand, and interpret the story of a people forever impacted by the American Civil War. ⌲Website: https://boft.org ⌲Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boft1864/?h... ⌲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarntonTN/?e... ⌲Podcast: https://boftdispatch.podbean.com
Join Joseph, Bill, and Assistant Curator Bailey Lawrence for this bonus episode of Tour Guide Talk. To support The Dispatch and the efforts of the Battle of Franklin Trust, please visit the link below: https://boft.org/general-donations For a link to our online store, click here: https://store.boft.org/books-and-dvds
Please like, subscribe, and comment. The mission of the Battle of Franklin Trust is to preserve, understand, and interpret the story of a people forever impacted by the American Civil War. ⌲Website: https://boft.org ⌲Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boft1864/?h... ⌲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarntonTN/?e... ⌲Podcast: https://boftdispatch.podbean.com
Check out this installment of Chalkboard History with CEO and Historian Eric Jacobson and Joseph Ricci as they discuss how to get honest about history. The mission of the Battle of Franklin Trust is to preserve, understand, and interpret the story of a people forever impacted by the American Civil War. ⌲Website: https://boft.org ⌲Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boft1864/?h... ⌲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarntonTN/?e... ⌲Podcast: https://boftdispatch.podbean.com
Join Joseph, Bill, and David for an episode of Tour Guide Talk. The Civil War is one of the most widely written about historical events, but what are our favorite books? Listen to find out! To support The Dispatch and the efforts of the Battle of Franklin Trust, please visit the link below: https://boft.org/general-donations Check out our YouTube video with Joseph and CEO and Historian Eric Jacobson as they discuss some other titles: https://youtu.be/x9QgcI5bjMs For a link to our online store, click here: https://store.boft.org/books-and-dvds
Join CEO Eric Jacobson and Joseph Ricci as they discuss the revolving door of leaders in the Army of Tennessee in this episode of Chalkboard History! Please like, subscribe, and comment. The mission of the Battle of Franklin Trust is to preserve, understand, and interpret the story of a people forever impacted by the American Civil War. ⌲Website: https://boft.org ⌲Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boft1864/?h... ⌲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarntonTN/?e... ⌲Podcast: https://boftdispatch.podbean.com
Join Joseph Ricci and Bill Clark for Tour Guide Talk as they unpack some of the myths about the Battles of Spring Hill and Franklin. We hear some of these mentioned in conversation all the time and every good myth, deserves a good myth busting! To support The Dispatch and the efforts of the Battle of Franklin Trust, please visit the link below: https://boft.org/general-donations
Please like, subscribe, and comment. The mission of the Battle of Franklin Trust is to preserve, understand, and interpret the story of a people forever impacted by the American Civil War. ⌲Website: https://boft.org ⌲Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boft1864/?h... ⌲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarntonTN/?e...
Join Joseph Ricci and Bill Clark for an episode of Tour Guide Talk as they discuss the life and times of theologian, abolitionist, writer, statesman, scientist, and soldier, Jacob Cox! To support The Dispatch and the efforts of the Battle of Franklin Trust, please visit the link below: https://boft.org/general-donations
Join Joseph Ricci and the Battle of Franklin Trust's Assistant Curator, Bailey Lawrence, as they discuss the evolution of the domestic slave trade in the United States. To support The Dispatch and the efforts of the Battle of Franklin Trust, please visit the link below: https://boft.org/general-donations
Joseph and Battle of Franklin Trust Curator, Joanna Stephens, discuss the ongoing mission to preserve historic structures at each of the three sites. In addition to the structural conservation of the homes and properties, the curatorial department oversees the material collection of the Battle of Franklin Trust and is instrumental in the maintenance and restoration of artifacts. For more on the Battle of Franklin Trust's preservation efforts check out BOFT Films most recent YouTube video: https://youtu.be/nD0mRMN9ZQ4 To support The Dispatch and the efforts of the Battle of Franklin Trust, please visit the link below: https://boft.org/general-donations
Join CEO Eric Jacobson and Joseph Ricci as they discuss the formation of the McGavock Confederate Cemetery located at Carnton. In the years immediately following the American Civil War and the Battle of Franklin, John and Carrie McGavock became the caretakers for the remains of the Confederates killed on November 30, 1864. To support The Dispatch and the efforts of the Battle of Franklin Trust, please visit the link below: https://boft.org/general-donations
Shelia and Joseph finish up their three part discussion of the families featured in our day to day interpretation with an episode on the McGavock family of Carnton. A politically connected, wealthy, slave-holding family before secession and conflict, witnesses to some of the worst moments of the Battle of Franklin, the McGavocks were forever impacted by the war. Their home bore the scars of the immense loss at Franklin- something they carried in their hearts and minds from November 30, 1864 on. For more on the McGavocks, follow this link to our YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wocA9wcXChg To support The Dispatch and the efforts of the Battle of Franklin Trust, please visit the link below: https://boft.org/general-donations
Join your Dispatch host, Joseph Ricci, and special guest, David Stumpfl, as they discuss the all too often misunderstood topic of Reconstruction. Why is such an integral period of history so easily overlooked or dismissed? Find out with this episode!
Joseph and Shelia discuss the Cheairs family of Rippavilla. Following Nathaniel Cheairs IV, his wife, and four children throughout the war, this episode includes conversations about how the Cheairs existed prior to 1861, how the family was impacted by the war, and how they continued life in the postbellum years. For more on the Cheairs family, follow this link to BOFT Films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3bFiyxgtLc&list=PL9aWioHL3yO4Qbbp3GeIvZmofxS7r3l0f To donate to the Battle of Franklin Trust, follow this link: https://boft.org/general-donations
Join Joseph Ricci and the CEO and Historian of The Battle of Franklin Trust, Eric Jacobson, for a conversation about the 1858 Illinois Senate race and the now famous Lincoln-Douglas debates that redefined American politics and shaped the discourse in the nation in the immediate years before the Civil War. To support The Dispatch and the efforts of the Battle of Franklin Trust, please visit the link below: https://boft.org/general-donations
Shelia and Joseph discuss the experiences of prisoners of war in the American Civil War. Members of all three families, the Cheairs, Carters, and McGavocks, were imprisoned during the war and each family dealt with that experience in different ways.
The Carters lived in Franklin before, during, and after the American Civil War and their lives were transformed by the war and the Battle of Franklin which raged across their property on November 30, 1864. Learn more about their story with Joseph and Shelia in this episode and check out our most recent YouTube video on the family by following the link below: https://youtu.be/Y2mzzpgL-8w
For decades the story of Confederate Captain Tod Carter dominated the narrative of the Battle of Franklin. The Dispatch hosts, Shelia and Joseph, discuss the lives of six other soldiers who fought in the battle. Historical interpreters at all three sites tell various individual stories of the soldiers in both the Federal and Confederate Armies engaged here. By telling their stories, we continue our mission to preserve, understand, and interpret the story of a people forever impacted by the American Civil War.
Your new hosts, Shelia Mullican and Joseph Ricci, sit down to discuss the Fuller Story Initiative with Historian and CEO of the Battle of Franklin Trust, Eric Jacobson, and Senior Pastor of the Strong Tower Bible Church, Dr. Chris Williamson. Jacobson and Williamson, along with Pastors Hewitt Sawyers and Kevin Riggs were recently named Tennessee's People of the Year for their work reckoning with Franklin's history and the building of a monument dedicated to Williamson County's United States Colored Troops.
Dispatch hosts, Shelia and Joseph, discuss the evolution and role of the United States Colored Troops and their impact on the American Civil War. Hear their stories and follow their march to freedom.
After nearly four years of hosting TENN in 20, Brad Kinnison says farewell but the podcast is not going anywhere. Be sure to stay up to date as the podcast undergoes a few changes and get all the details of what to expect in the future from this episode!
Join us as we discuss the latter half of Mariah Reddick's life. Link to The Dispatch article about the Franklin Race Riot (page 8): https://boft.org/vol-6-no-2
Join us as we discuss the life of Mariah Otey Reddick, a woman who was born into slavery and spent many years of her life at Carnton. This is the first of a two part series on Mariah.
In May of 2021, The Battle of Franklin Trust took over management of Rippavilla, a historic home that sits on the Spring Hill Battlefield. In this episode, BOFT CEO Eric A. Jacobson discusses the history of Rippavilla and the BOFT's goals with the site.
TENN in 20 returns!! Thank you for your patience and for your support. The first new episode of the show will premier on December 7. Learn more about the anniversary commemoration of the Battles of Spring Hill & Franklin here: boft.org/illumination
This week on the podcast, hosts Brad and Sarah interview Chakita Patterson, founder of United Street Tours, about the Nashville sit-in movement and the journey to Civil Rights in Tennessee. Support the podcast by purchasing a TENN in 20 t-shirt!
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