We have seen a beautiful present that was sent from Middle Tennessee to one of our most esteemed fellow citizens. It is a highly finished walking cane, cut from off the memorable battle-field of Franklin, and bears this inscription: “Battlefield of Franklin. To J. H. Bills by James Allison, 1867.” It will, no doubt, be handed down for years to come as a memento of one of the fiercest conflicts that ever took place on American soil, and the sight of the token will never fail to call up memories of the loved and lost, for it grew upon the ground that drank the vital tide of the lamented Cleburne, and over fourteen hundred of his lion-hearted comrades in arms.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 20 April 1867, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.