The Civil War touched this house. Here, Sept. 2, 1864, the mortally wounded Brig. Gen. John H. Kelly, CSA, was brought here after the affair between his cavalry division and Federals under Brig. Gen. James D. Brownlow. He was buried in the garden, . . . — — Map (db m136181) HM
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
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
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
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
For the Union, 1863 brought the Emancipation Proclamation, victory at Gettysburg, and the capturing of the Mississippi River. Federal forces continued their drive toward Atlanta in hopes of ending the war altogether. But on March 5th, seven miles . . . — — Map (db m103335) HM
To assist the newly freed with court cases, education, and housing, Congress formed the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1865. An additional goal of the Bureau was to help create labor contracts between white landowners and the formerly enslaved. In October . . . — — Map (db m189007) HM
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
(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
(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
(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
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
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
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
(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
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
(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
(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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
(Left Panel)
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. . . . — — Map (db m138333) HM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
(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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
(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
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
In the spring of 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act providing the President with means to exchange the lands of the five civilized Indian nations of the Southeast for lands west of the Mississippi. On August 20, 1830 Andrew Jackson met in . . . — — Map (db m61729) HM
The two-acre city cemetery was deeded by Joel Parrish in 1811 to the town commissioners for $100. Among the early settlers buried here are Ewan Cameron who built Franklin’s first house, and Thomas Stuart, who served as judge of the Fourth Circuit . . . — — Map (db m141592) HM
According to a Nashville newspaper, by 1863 the ravages of war had made once-prosperous Franklin "but the ruin of its former greatness. Desolation and decay have passed over it."
The Union occupation in the spring of 1863 was followed by a . . . — — Map (db m120382) HM
In 1860, African-Americans — both enslaved and free — made up more than half of Franklin's residents, as well as half of Williamson County's population. When the Federal army arrived late in 1862, many slaves freed themselves by . . . — — Map (db m120385) HM
This division was commanded by Major General Patrick R. Cleburne, and consisted of Granbury’s Texas Brigade, Govan’s Arkansas Brigade, and Lowry’s Alabama and Mississippi Brigade. They were engaged around the Cotton Gin, which stood S.E. of the . . . — — Map (db m135355) HM
Clovercroft Road and Wilson Pike Area
On Dec. 23, 1837, the Tennessee General Assembly granted a charter to the Harpeth Turnpike Co. to build Harpeth Pike a.k.a. Wilson Pike, which was to run from the Little Harpeth River Bridge to Rigg's . . . — — Map (db m200316) HM
On this field of honor
Missouri men of
Cockrell’s Brigade
fought and died for
Southern independence
November 30, 1864
Franklin, Tennessee
Presented by Missourians of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and his friends
in memory of . . . — — Map (db m135824) WM
Following the Battle of Franklin, Nov. 30, 1864, John McGavock, owner of “Carnton,” collected and buried here the bodies of 1496 Confederates. The five general officers killed there were interred elsewhere after being brought to the house. Other . . . — — Map (db m83173) HM WM
Years after the Civil War ended, veterans slowly began to form reunions. Among the most common gathering sites were cemeteries, where survivors paid homage to their fallen comrades. The McGavock Confederate Cemetery was one such meeting place. . . . — — Map (db m103488) HM
Williamson County's first courthouses, one log, one brick, were in the center of the square. This the third, completed in 1858 under the supervision of John W. Miller, is one of seven antebellum courthouses in Tennessee. The four iron columns were . . . — — Map (db m61696) HM
Cummins Street Church of Christ
On December 2, 1877 James Harrison conveyed
Lot 31 of Belltown to the Christian Colored Church
of Franklin and the Colored Masonic Order of
Franklin. In 1944 Masonic trustee H. D. Ewing
deeded the . . . — — Map (db m193492) HM
Dr. Dan German (1875-1942) purchased the S.S. and Betty House home in 1937 and immediately began remodeling the mid-nineteenth century residence into a clinic, veneering the exterior with fieldstone. The Review Appeal best described the . . . — — Map (db m149352) HM
Buried here is one of Franklin's first settlers, Metcalfe DeGraffenreid (1760-1803), a Lunenburg County, Virginia native. Three of his sons, Abram, Metcalfe, Jr., and Matthew Fontaine, were veterans of the War of 1812. One of them, Metcalfe, Jr. is . . . — — Map (db m149650) HM
Duck River Ridge Smarden and Mobley's Cut
During the 20 years that the top of this ridge was
the boundary of the U. S., the Chickasaw, by treaty
dated October 24, 1801, granted the U. S. the right
to build a wagon road through Chickasaw . . . — — Map (db m205509) HM
Since the beginning, Agriculture (sic) has played an important role in the development of Franklin and Williamson County. The McGavick family and Carnton Plantation certainly share in that history. In the past, the fields before you have produced . . . — — Map (db m146808) HM
Edward Swanson laid the foundation for a cabin one mile west prior to March 1780. This was the earliest known attempted white settlement in Williamson County. Swanson was one of eight men who came to the French Lick with James Robertson early in . . . — — Map (db m126981) HM
Prior to the Civil War, this area was part of a roughly two acre tract used by the Carter family as a garden. Potatoes, okra, raspberries, apples, and peaches were just a few of the crops grown here. On November 30, 1864, the garden was destroyed . . . — — Map (db m193499) HM
(Preface): In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northeast against Sherman's supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman's "March to . . . — — Map (db m136409) HM WM
This church, dedicated in 1910, was formed by the union of two earlier churches, Thomas
Church (1853) and North’s Chapel (1866). Land for the new church was given by Jesse A. and Mittie Toon Pierce. The chancel rail from the old Thomas Church and . . . — — Map (db m165236) HM
On this site in 1798 Ewen Cameron built the first house in the town of Franklin. Cameron was born Feb. 23, 1768 in Balgalkan, Ferintosh, Scotland. He emigrated to Virginia in 1785 and from there came to Tennessee. Cameron died Feb. 28, 1846, having . . . — — Map (db m61692) HM
Ewingville
The local newspaper reported in 1875 that Ewingville "is to Franklin what West End is to London; what Brooklyn is to New York; what Edgefield is to Nashville." Ewingville begins on the east bank of the Harpeth River and extends on . . . — — Map (db m149068) HM
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