Carnton Plantation

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Carnton Plantation

1345 Carnton Lane

Franklin

(615) 794 - 0903

Built in 1826 by Randal McGavock after serving as Mayor of Nashville.

Frequent visitors to Carnton included Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Sam Houston.

Served as a Hospital for the Confederate Army after the bloody Battle of Franklin.

Robert Hicks 2005 New York Times Bestseller, The Widow of The South, immortalzes the story of the Carnton Plantation, Carrie McGavock, and the Battle of Franklin.

Spring House

Smokehouse

Largest private Military Cemetery

in the Country

Page 2

Carnton - 2

Slave's House

Garden, looking from porch

1,500 Confederate Soldiers are

buried here

Carnton Plantation Web Site

Battle of Franklin Link

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