Near Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31) 0.2 miles south of Mack C. Hatcher Memorial Parkway (Tennessee Route 397), on the right when traveling south.
Made and presented to Confederate Memorial Park by Harold Winstead
in honor of his ancestor, Samuel Winstead, in whose honor this hill was named
and who is buried 200 yds. NW of this location. — — Map (db m168226) WM
Near Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) north of Strahl Street, on the left when traveling north.
This regiment was organized in the late summer and early fall of 1864. It was commanded by Col. Robert C. Bradshaw, a veteran officer who had seen prior action at Lexington and Shiloh. The 44th Missouri was shipped to Tennessee to help defend . . . — — Map (db m193498) HM
Near Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) north of W Folkes Street, on the left when traveling north.
The 125th O.V.I. was formed at Camp Cleveland, Ohio in August of 1862. The regiment was stationed in Franklin in the spring of 1863. On November 30, 1864, the 125th were in reserve 150 yards north of the Carter house with Opdycke’s brigade. Without . . . — — Map (db m135349) HM
Near W Fowlkes Street north of Columbia Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
The 183rd Ohio was mustered into Federal Service November 13, 1864 at Camp Dennison, Ohio. With 700 officers and enlisted men present, it arrived at Rutherford Creek on November 28th and was engaged in skirmishing at Spring Creek the following day. . . . — — Map (db m135441) HM
On Founders Pointe Boulevard at New Highway 96 (State Route 96), on the right when traveling north on Founders Pointe Boulevard.
Abram Maury (1766-1825) came to this area from Virginia in 1797 to settle on 640 acres he purchased from Major Anthony Sharpe. In 1798, he reserved a square-shaped area of 109 acres for a town he intended to name Marthasville for his wife. Instead, . . . — — Map (db m50694) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
(preface)
This walkway traces the route that the men of Confederate Gen. Thomas M. Scott’s brigade took in the Battle of Franklin. Read below to see what it was like then and to follow in their footsteps
Distance to Union Lines: 1,200 . . . — — Map (db m103665) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
(preface)
This walkway traces the route that the men of Confederate Gen. Thomas M. Scott’s brigade took in the Battle of Franklin. Read below to see what it was like then and to follow in their footsteps
Distance to Union Lines: 1,500 . . . — — Map (db m103667) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle south of Lewsburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling north.
(preface)
This walkway traces the route that the men of Confederate Gen. Thomas Scott’s brigade took in the Battle of Franklin. Read below to see what it was like then and to follow in their footsteps
Distance to Union Main Line: 1,000 . . . — — Map (db m105086) HM
On Carter Street at Natchez Street, on the left when traveling north on Carter Street.
African-American Schools in Franklin
From 1888 until 1967, African-American students were educated on this site. First known as Claiborne Institute in honor of Prof. Willis Claiborne (1862-1892), later schools here were known as Franklin . . . — — Map (db m149647) HM
Near Columbia Avenue 0.2 miles south of Mack C Hatcher Memorial Parkway, on the right when traveling south.
In memory of the men of Alabama who bravely fought and died at the Battle of Franklin and Nashville
Alabama Infantry Regiments
1st 10th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 22nd 23rd 24th
25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th
35th . . . — — Map (db m147004) WM
This complex of ten depression-era buildings, with a total of 310,000 square feet, housed four different factories over its industrial lifetime. The buildings were built for the Allen Manufacturing Co. (stove manufacturers) in 1929. More than . . . — — Map (db m69023) HM
Near Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31) 0.1 miles south of Hillview Lane, on the right when traveling south.
The Mighty Giant
The American chestnut tree was once one of the most important trees in our eastern forest. The tree’s native range extended from Georgia all the way to Maine and west to the Ohio River Valley. In the Appalachian Mountains, . . . — — Map (db m144259) HM
On West Main Street at Columbia Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
On his return from New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
gave a brass cannon to Franklin
A part of his soldiery camped here
on their way to New Orleans. — — Map (db m61730) HM WM
Near Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31) south of Mack C Hatcher Memorial Parkway ( Route 397), on the right when traveling south.
(front)
The Battle of Franklin was the most tragic chapter of the Army of Tennessee. These were battle-hardened veterans. They knew the enemy they faced and the strength of their defenses. Honor, Valor, Patriotism, Devotion to Duty, and . . . — — Map (db m148704) HM
On Old Natchez Trace just south of Sneed Road West, on the left when traveling south.
Ash Grove community in Sawyer's Bend of the Harpeth River was known for its Union bridge, built jointly by Davidson and Williamson Counties. Burned during the Civil War, the bridge was replaced in 1881. Before being washed away in the flood of 1948, . . . — — Map (db m165627) HM
On Lewisburg Avenue (U.S. 431) at Thompson Alley, on the right when traveling south on Lewisburg Avenue.
(preface)
In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman’s supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman’s “March to the . . . — — Map (db m70660) HM
On Lewisburg Avenue (U.S. 431) at Thompson Alley, on the left when traveling south on Lewisburg Avenue.
(obverse)
Attack On The Union Left
Confederate Regiments from Brig. Gen. Thomas Scott's, Brig. Gen. John Adams', and Brig. Gen. Winfield Featherstons's Brigades of Maj. Gen. William Loring's Division advanced under artillery fire . . . — — Map (db m40107) HM
Near Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) north of Strahl Street, on the left when traveling north.
Maj. Gen. Wm. B. Bate’s division consisted of Smith’s Tennessee-Georgia, Bullock’s Florida and Jackson’s Georgia brigades. The division, struck the main line west of Brown’s Division, their right in the locust grove and their left at the Carter’s . . . — — Map (db m137252) HM
On Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31) at Everbright Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Columbia Avenue.
Founded in 1889 as Battle Ground Academy, named for its location where the Battle of Franklin occurred in 1864, and dedicated in an address by Confederate General William B. Bate, later governor and U.S. Senator, this boys' preparatory school was . . . — — Map (db m62329) HM
On Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) at Everbright Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Columbia Avenue.
Front:
Founded in 1889 as Battle Ground Academy, the first campus was located on the foundation of the Carter Cotton Gin on Cleburne Street, the epicenter of the Battle of Franklin in 1864. BGA, founded on the principles of Character, . . . — — Map (db m146536) HM
On Ernest Rice Lane, on the left when traveling east.
Founded in 1889 as Battle Ground Academy, the school was named for its original location across from the Carter House where the Battle of Franklin occurred in 1864. BGA, dedicated in an address by U.S. Senator William B. Bate, was founded on the . . . — — Map (db m151498) HM
These 24 pounder howitzer guns were used during the Civil War. The guns weigh 1500 pounds and are 69 inches long. Each gun was built by Cyrus Aiger and Company from Boston, Massachusetts in 1847. The gun's serial numbers, 184 and 186, were under . . . — — Map (db m168265) HM
Near Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31) 0.2 miles south of Mack C. Hatcher Memorial Parkway ( Route 397), on the right when traveling south.
Here occurred one of the most desperately fought battles of the entire War Between The States between forces (flag) under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, and the attacking (flag) Army of Tennessee under Gen. John B. Hood.
Maj. . . . — — Map (db m138333) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
Soon after passing this point, the Southern assault came within range of Federal artillery. Just west of here, an advanced line of 3,000 Union troops began to fall back, and the Confederates pursued them into the main Union line. In moments, the . . . — — Map (db m188615) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
Several Federal gun crews delivered relentless fire to this portion of the Franklin battlefield late in the afternoon of November 30, 1864. At least fourteen of the Union’s thirty-six fieldpieces engaged at Franklin could hit the Eastern flank here. . . . — — Map (db m103508) HM
On 3rd Avenue South at Public Square, on the left when traveling north on 3rd Avenue South.
On November 30, 1864, one of the last major battles of the American Civil War exploded across the rolling farmland just south of Franklin. Approximately 20,000 United States soldiers under Gen. John M. Schofield barely held off a massive attack by . . . — — Map (db m145948) HM
On Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431) west of Carriage Park Drive, on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
On the morning of November 30, 1864, some 5,000 Federal cavalrymen under Gen. James H. Wilson were in this area. Most were located to your right front, east of the Harpeth River, but Gen. John T. Croxton’s brigade remained west of the river. By . . . — — Map (db m300444) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
Visibility was always a critical factor in Civil War battles. Officers and enlisted men needed clear lines of sight to know where to move, when to stay in place, and in which direction to shoot. At the Battle of Franklin, two important factors . . . — — Map (db m103685) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
During the Civil War, topography played a major role in shaping events. The Battle of Franklin was a prime example.
When Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood’s 20,000 men charged across these fields, the steep hills to their left and the angling . . . — — Map (db m103686) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
More than 700 Union soldiers were made prisoners before, during, and after the Battle of Franklin. Although the war was almost over, many of them would never see their homes again. The vast majority were taken to prison camps in Cahaba, Alabama, and . . . — — Map (db m103505) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
Today’s Carnton presents a quiet pastoral setting, but before the Civil War, John and Carrie McGavock’s farm would have looked more like a bustling agricultural factory.
Their plantation encompassed 700 acres, more than three times the amount . . . — — Map (db m188613) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
Confederate Gen. Willaim Loring’s division marched across the McGavock plantation during the battle. Anticipating heavy casualties, his officers chose Carnton for a hospital.
The main house was a sound choice. Less than a mile (.6 km) from . . . — — Map (db m103442) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
How costly was the Battle of Franklin? More Americans became casualties in this five-hour battle than were lost in the first twenty-four hours of the Invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious assault in history.
In both . . . — — Map (db m189005) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
Road construction boomed in Tennessee during the mid-1800s, and the Nashville area was the state’s primary highway hub. Private companies built most of the roads, and they placed tollhouses along the routes to collect fees to cover costs and create . . . — — Map (db m103666) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
In the Battle of Franklin, Confederate Gen. William W. Loring’s division formed the far right flank of the Confederate assault line. Numbering approximately 3,500 men, it marched across these fields and smashed into the Federal lines. The attempt . . . — — Map (db m103482) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle south of Lewsburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling north.
During the battle, Confederate forces charged a gristmill and sawmill that stood directly in front of you on the Lewisburg Pike. In antebellum Middle Tennessee, tobacco grew well in the north, while cotton blossomed in the south. Corn, wheat, and . . . — — Map (db m103960) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
Of Tennessee’s 83 counties in 1860, only in three did slaves outnumber whites. Two were near the Mississippi River, where large plantations flourished. The third was Williamson County.
The McGavocks of Carnton, who owned 39 people in 1860, were . . . — — Map (db m188574) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
About 600 yards (550 meters) in front of you is the Nashville & Decatur Railroad. During the war, this line was only a few years old, but it was the most direct north-south transportation route through Middle Tennessee. Consequently, it was one . . . — — Map (db m103635) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
On September 28, 1861, local men sympathetic to the Confederacy gathered in this field to form the Williamson County Cavalry (Co. F, 4th Tennessee Cavalry). The local newspaper pronounced the company composed of “about 100 of the finest . . . — — Map (db m103480) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
About one mile (1.6 km) directly north of you stands Fort Granger, a large earthen fortification that provided the Union army a commanding view over much of this area. Built in the spring of 1863, Fort Granger sat on top of Figuers’ Bluff . . . — — Map (db m103637) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
Whether in the Union or Confederate ranks, the typical Civil War soldier at Franklin came from a rural world. More than likely, he lived in the countryside or in a town about the size of Franklin, which had a population of about 750 at the time. . . . — — Map (db m103636) HM
On Granbury Street at Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31), on the left when traveling west on Granbury Street.
Beasley Town
In 1899, W.J. Beasley and family came from Lick Creek to Franklin to establish a home and lumber mill. By 1920, Beasley was paying taxes on his home, sawmill and 24 rental houses valued at over $10,000 in total. Originally, the . . . — — Map (db m149782) HM
On Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
"Throughout 1862 first one army would be encamped in town, then the Federals. Raids were frequent, then we would run down in our cellar to get out of the range of the bullets. Sometimes we would spend a whole night there. The quiet would go on for . . . — — Map (db m103333) HM
On Bending Chestnut Road at Greenbriar Road, on the right when traveling north on Bending Chestnut Road.
The Indian practice of bending a chestnut
sapling to the ground for marking trails gave this
community its name. Such a tree stood at the
crossroads which links Garrison to Greenbrier
and Flagpole to Smarden. Fox's Store, established
by . . . — — Map (db m164777) HM
Near South Berrys Chapel Road at Hillsboro Road (U.S. 431), on the left when traveling west.
In 1880, a group of Christians, including the Hamilton, Whitfield, and Dobson families, began to meet in the Perkins School (later called Parman School), a
one-room building located at the present day junction of Spencer Creek Road and Hillsboro . . . — — Map (db m158709) HM
On South Berrys Chapel Road at Hillsboro Road (U.S. 431), on the left when traveling south on South Berrys Chapel Road.
Berry's Chapel Stone Wall. In the early 20th century, miles of limestone fences lined both sides of Hillsboro, Franklin and Columbia Pikes. Our predecessors placed a high value on their stonewalls. The good ones were referred to as "hog deep . . . — — Map (db m158712) HM
On Boyd Mill Pike at Old Hillsboro Road ( Route 46), on the right when traveling east on Boyd Mill Pike.
Among the early landowners in this once-flourishing community on Old Hillsboro Road
were members of the Boyd, Carter, Haley, Hughes, Poynor, Reynolds, Rodgers, Short
and Stone families. Bingham boasted Boyd's Mill on the West Harpeth, a federally . . . — — Map (db m166004) HM
On Leipers Creek Road, on the right when traveling west.
In 1801, Revolutionary soldier William Sparkman
settled on 320 acres on the headwaters of
Leiper's Fork near the Duck River Ridge.
In time, the Beasley, Davis, Marlin, Robinson, Skelley, Sudberry and Walls families became his neighbors. . . . — — Map (db m164796) HM
On Boyd Mill Pike just south of Route 96, on the left when traveling south.
Boyd Mill Pike
John B. McEwen operated a stagecoach from the Franklin L&N depot
to Fernvale twice daily during the summer season. The 114-room
Fernvale Hotel burned in 1910 lessening the use of the road from Old
Hillsboro Road to Fernvale, . . . — — Map (db m193093) HM
On Boxley Valley Road 0.2 miles south of Boyd Mill Pike, on the right when traveling south.
Boyd's Mill was once the center of the costal and economic life of the Bingham community. Today, only the stone foundations give evidence to its position on the West Harpeth River. Originally built by Hendley Stone in 1809, sequent owners and . . . — — Map (db m150386) HM
On Columbia Pike (U.S. 31) 0.2 miles south of Mack C Hatcher Memorial Parkway ( Route 397), on the right when traveling south.
(front)
Born: March 1, 1831
Died: On this field, November 30, 1864
A moment before he fell, he urged his Texans on:
“Forward, men, forward! Never let it be said that Texans lag in a fight!”
They never did, and neither . . . — — Map (db m138119) HM
Near Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31) 0.2 miles south of Mack C. Hatcher Memorial Parkway ( Route 397), on the right when traveling south.
The sense of pride, honor and integrity of the everyday fighting man of the Army of Tennessee made the brilliant careers of these five Brigadier Generals possible. Largely non-slave owning, these brave men of the Army of Tennessee followed Adams, . . . — — Map (db m135827) HM WM
On Columbia Avenue north of Cleburne Street, on the left when traveling north.
Directly In front of you, leas than 300 feet to the north. was a portion of the main Federal line and the Carter home. The earthworks present during the Battle of Franklin, occupied by Col. Silas A. Strickland's Brigade. Brig. Gen. Thomas Ruger's . . . — — Map (db m300362) HM
On Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) north of Cleburne Street, on the left when traveling north.
To the west of here the rest of Gen. Brown's Division pressed Confederate division on the field and numbered over 3,500 men. As Gordon and Strahl pierced the center, the brigade led by Brig. Gen. States Rights Gist, on Gordon's left, smashed into . . . — — Map (db m300363) HM
Near Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) north of Strahl Street, on the left when traveling north.
This division, commanded by Major General John C. Brown, consisted or Gordon’s, Strahl’s and Carter’s Tennessee Brigades, and Gist’s South Carolina and Georgia Brigade. They were engaged south and west of the Carter House to the locust grove. Around . . . — — Map (db m137251) HM
Near Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) north of West Folkes Street, on the left when traveling north.
Born at the Carter House March 24, 1840 and educated at the Harpeth Academy. He was an attorney-at-law and a Master Mason. Tod enlisted in Co. H, 20th Tenn. Inf. May 1, 1862. Appointed Assistant Quarter Master on Oct. 24, 1862 and served as a war . . . — — Map (db m193497) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the left when traveling west.
In this part of the McGavock family cemetery are buried some of the people who were once enslaved here, former slaves, and perhaps African-Americans who labored at Carnton in the decades following the Civil War. These individuals are an integrated . . . — — Map (db m142939) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the left when traveling south.
The first enslaved African Americans were brought to Carnton in the nineteenth century. In 1820, eleven slaves lived here. By 1860, forty-four enslaved men, women and children labored on the six-hundred-acre farm. They lived in eleven cabins, most . . . — — Map (db m208549) HM
On Carnton Lane south of Brandon Drive (Route 0.3), on the left when traveling south.
Carnton was built ca. 1815 by Randal McGavock (1768-1843), planter, political leader and mayor of Nashville. Named after the McGavock home in Northern Ireland, the house was greatly enlarged by Randal ca.1826. His son, John, later added the Greek . . . — — Map (db m62916) HM
Near Carnton Lane 0.6 miles south of Brandon Drive. Reported permanently removed.
Preface:
In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman’s supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman’s “March to . . . — — Map (db m135448) HM
On Carothers Parkway at Corporate Centre Drive, on the right when traveling north on Carothers Parkway.
Robert Carothers, Sr., a Revolutionary War soldier, and his family came to Tennessee from North Carolina in 1791 and were living in Williamson County in 1799. His son James, a War of 1812 veteran, became a prosperous landowner well-known for his . . . — — Map (db m149859) HM
On Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) at Strahl Street, on the right when traveling north on Columbia Avenue.
You are standing where the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Battery (US) was posted during the battle, staring down the Confederate advance. The battery was organized in September 1861 under Capt. David Stone and consisted of four three-inch rifled . . . — — Map (db m188360) HM
On Columbia Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Confederate Gen. John C. Brown, a native of Giles County, Tennessee, commanded one of the Southern army’s most formidable divisions. It numbered more than 3,700 soldiers; most hailed from Tennessee, but some called Georgia and South Carolina home. . . . — — Map (db m202808) HM
On Cleburne Street west of Fristoe Lane, on the right when traveling east.
You are standing in the Confederate line of attack during the battle, where Gen. Francis Marion Cockrell’s 1st Missouri Brigade came under and returned heavy fire. Cockrell, an attorney in Warrensburg, Missouri, before the war, fought at Wilson’s . . . — — Map (db m189732) HM
Near Cleburne Street at Fristoe Lane, on the right when traveling east.
Just before sundown on November 30, 1864, 3,000 Confederate soldiers charged past here and smashed into the main Federal line fewer than 200 feet ahead of you. They belonged to Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne’s Division, the most battle-hardened unit of . . . — — Map (db m140233) HM
On Columbia Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
On November 30, 1864, Federal commanders created a defensive line anchored by their batteries. At about noon, Gen. Jacob Cox ordered Capt. Lyman Bridges, Chief of Artillery, to begin placing the guns. West of Columbia Pike, four batteries were moved . . . — — Map (db m202763) HM
On Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) near Strahl Street, on the right when traveling north.
Fountain Branch Carter bought nineteen acres of Columbia Pike from Angus McPhail in 1829 and completed his house the next year for himself, his wife Polly, and their children. The farm’s prosperity was directly connected to the four to fifteen . . . — — Map (db m188359) HM
Near Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) near Cleburne Street, on the right when traveling north.
Emancipation created a novel problem for cash-poor white Southern farmers as well as the newly freed slaves, or freedmen. Land was abundant, but the labor force was largely dispersed, and there was little money to hire available black or white . . . — — Map (db m188515) HM
On Columbia Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Federal Gen. Thomas H. Ruger’s Division began to arrive here about 6.30 a.m. on November 30, 1864. The men were given a short rest, "a few winks of sleep,
and their morning coffee.” Ruger, who had fought at places like Antietam and
Gettysburg in . . . — — Map (db m202807) HM
On Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) at Strahl Street, on the right when traveling north on Columbia Avenue.
Of the more than 12,000 enslaved people who lived in Williamson County in 1860, Fountain Branch Carter owned 28. Carter family records contain many of their names: Prescyt, Harriet, Jack, Calphurnia, Petrenella, Clara, Charlie, Frank, Susie, Oscar, . . . — — Map (db m139024) HM
For several hours on November 30, 1864, this area was the scene
of some of the bloodiest close-quarters combat of the Civil War.
Federal Gen. Thomas Ruger’s Division and Confederate Gen.
John Brown's Division battled each other with unbridled . . . — — Map (db m202756) HM
Near Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) north of Cleburne Street, on the right when traveling north.
Elements of four Confederate divisions rushed toward you on November 30, 1864, to assault the Federal line behind you. Gens. Patrick R. Cleburne, Samuel G. French, John C. Brown, and Edward C. Walthall commanded the divisions. Their men hailed from . . . — — Map (db m189733) HM
On Columbia Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
The Carter Family Garden occupied about two acres here. Like most antebellum gardens, it was fenced to keep animals out. At the time of the Civil War, the Carter family and their enslaved laborers raised vegetables and herbs here, accessing the . . . — — Map (db m202759) HM
On Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) north of Cleburne Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Columbia Pike began as a path that bison and other animals created en route to the salt lick at present-day Nashville. Native Americans used this and other trails for hunting as well as for travel. In the 19th century, the trails formed the . . . — — Map (db m139333) HM
On Columbia Avenue near Cleburne Street, on the right when traveling north.
Southern farming was transformed as the 19th century dawned. Subsistence farming and plantations devoted to tobacco, rice, and sugar cane had long been dominant. Two events changed the agricultural formula.
First, Eli Whitney invented the . . . — — Map (db m139690) HM
On Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) at Cleburne Street, on the right when traveling north on Columbia Avenue.
After the Battle of Franklin, veterans on both sides vividly recollected F.B. Carter’s “old cotton gin.” Built early in the 1850s, it figured importantly in countless stories about the heaviest fighting, which unfolded here at the “angle.” Before . . . — — Map (db m139623) HM
Just before 4:30 P.M., when the bulk of Confederate Gen. Patrick Cleburne’s Division struck this part of the main Federal line, the 100th Ohio Infantry buckled under the pressure. Although Cleburne had been killed just south of here, his men slammed . . . — — Map (db m139624) HM
On Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) at Strahl Street, on the right when traveling north on Columbia Avenue.
Gen. Jacob D. Cox’s Division, XXIII Corps, led the Federal army to the outskirts of Franklin before dawn on November 30, 1864. While army commander Gen. John M. Schofield inspected the bridges on the Harpeth River, Cox set up his headquarters behind . . . — — Map (db m139441) HM
On Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) at Cleburne Street, on the right when traveling north on Columbia Avenue.
Here at Franklin in November 1864 when the hopes of 1861 seemed just a fleeting memory, the soldiers of the Army of Tennessee attacked furiously toward you across the rolling fields. A Federal officer who was here saw their “red-and-white tattered . . . — — Map (db m139861) HM
On Cleburne Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing.
The Carter cotton gin house, the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of the Battle of Franklin, was located about 80 yards east of Columbia Pike. General Adams, Cleburne and Granbury were killed near here. The gin house, a weatherboarded, frame . . . — — Map (db m146527) HM
On Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31), on the right when traveling south.
Built 1830 by Fountain Branch Carter, and in use by three generations of his family. Here was command post of Maj. Gen. Jacob D. Cox, Federal field commander of Schofield's delaying action. The hottest fighting took place just east and south nearby, . . . — — Map (db m188358) HM
Near Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) north of Strahl Street, on the left when traveling north.
(preface)
In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood let the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman's supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman's "March to the Sea," . . . — — Map (db m188356) HM
On Cleburne Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing.
(Preface): In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood let the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman's supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman's "March to . . . — — Map (db m137247) HM WM
Johnson Elementary School was dedicated on November 30, 1958, being named for Dr. Charles C. Johnson (1886-1966), a prominent local African American physician. Mr. James R. Watkins (1914-1996), Johnson’s first principal, led the school through the . . . — — Map (db m141186) HM
Near Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31) 0.1 miles south of Hillview Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Chestnut Blight Strikes!
First identified in 1904 in New York’s Bronx Zoological Park, the chestnut blight is caused by an Asiatic fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica) and is almost always lethal to the American chestnut. Moving through the . . . — — Map (db m143852) HM
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