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Historic Carnton Plantation (Franklin, Tennessee)

USA / Tennessee / Franklin / Franklin, Tennessee / Eastern Flank Circle, 1345
 museum, plantation, confederate, Federal style (architecture), 1820s construction, Greek Revival (architecture), American Civil War 1861-1865
1345 Eastern Flank Circle
Franklin, TN 37064
(615) 794-0903
www.boft.org/carnton.htm

Historic Carnton Plantation is a private non-profit historic site located in Franklin, Tennessee. Late on the afternoon of November 30, 1864, Carnton was witness to one of the bloodiest battles of the entire Civil War, the Battle of Franklin. Carnton, the home of John and Carrie McGavock, served as the main Confederate field hospital for hundreds of wounded and dying soldiers. In 1866, the McGavocks designated two acres of their land as a final burial place for nearly 1,500 Confederate soldiers killed in the Battle of Franklin. Today the site has 48 of the original 1,400 acres and includes the restored antebellum home, a recreated one-acre 1847 garden, slave quarters, smokehouse, springhouse and the adjacent Confederate and family cemetery.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnton
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Coordinates:   35°54'9"N   86°51'34"W

Comments

  • kdaniel (guest)
    I have visited this house as well as the cemetery and I must say that even with its tragic history it is a beautiful and amazing place. (Be sure not to take pictures inside the house...you will be repremanded.)
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