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(3-95) "Carnton," The McGavock House
 Carnton
Courtesy of Lee Hohenstein, NE
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View looking southeast from the McGavock Confederate Cemetery. Site Marker at entrance to
Carnton Plantation: 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 Revival porches, one
of which served as an observation post for Gen. Nathan B. Forrest during
the Battle of Franklin, Nov. 30, 1864. After the Battle, Carnton served as
a hospital. The bodies of Generals Adams, Cleburne, Granbury, and Strahl
rested on the back porch the next morning. Carnton was acquired by the
Carnton Association in 1978
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(3-95) "Carnton" The McGavock House
Back of the house from the Confederate Cemetery
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(2007)
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Front gate
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(3-95) McGavock Confederate
Cemetery
Site Marker, TN Historical Commission: 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 Confederates were later buried here, including Brig. Gen.
Johnston K. Duncan. Site Marker, Williamson County Historical Society: In
the spring of 1866, Col. John McGavock, seeing the deteriorating condition
of the Confederate graves on the Franklin battlefield, set aside two acres
of Carnton Plantation as the nation's largest private Confederate cemetery.
The dead were reinterred here in order by states. In 1890, the wooden
markers, which were inscribed with the names of the men, their companies and
regiments, when known, were replaced with stone markers. Burial records were
preserved by Col. McGavock's wife, the former Carrie Winder. She and her
husband maintained the cemetery for the balance of their lives
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