Tour the Carnton Plantation with Robert Hicks

The author of Widow of the South takes you on a tour of the estate in Franklin, Tennessee where the bloodiest battle of the Civil War took place and the mistress of the house who started and maintained the largest private Civil War cemetery.

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Film & Animation

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• civil
• war
• historical
• fiction
• franklin
• tennessee

[3rdconfederate]

We saw it this summer on the way back from Gettysburg. The blood stains on the floor and the surgeon's tools kind of brought the horror of that battle home to me. The cemetery was pretty impressive, too. To think that she could have moved so many graves truly shows dedication. God bless you, Ms. McGavock.

[Nashvilleriders]

I have visited several times and never fail to be touched by the tragedy, as well as the beauty, of the story of Carnton.

It's impossible to imagine that day.

[BlindBob1]

My great-great grandfather was in this battle on the union side. He was with the 44th Illinois and was wounded in the left hand. he subsequently lost that hand. Hard to imagine what that day must have been like. Or imagine what anyday in any of the hundreds of battles in that war were like.

[ckcmiller]

We first visited Carnton, almost by accident, when it was an empty shell. I fell in love with it Returned again after the house had been resored. Breathtaking. It's so real that if feels like part of me.

[musicfreak123456]

this places i freaky. i went there tonight and we brought a ouija bord and we talked to 2 spirits and we took a bunch of pictures and there were orbs in a ton of them, and on our way out we herd a like bloody murder scream coming from the house. it was probably the scar dist i have ever been

[jaysmic24]

a beautiful piece of american history well preserved..i went there few summers ago as family trip to the visit civil war sites..i took family vacation pics from my tradational 35mm camera. when i developed the pics i noticed fuzzy/blurry areas around subjects/people i photographed. didnt think of it much..i later realized what they most likely were..!energy/spirits that were around us as we were taking pictures...

[SoBelleofTN]

You had better believe it, the most haunted house in Tennessee they say. A certain General, killed in the battle of Franklin is said to still be there, I have been to this place, I'm convinced it's true. It is said that "The General" better known as Maj Gen Patrick Cleburne ,CSA led his men into battle of that bloody day in Nov of 1864, and was killed along with most of his men on the battlefield. It is he who waits and watches over his men buried in the cemetery next to the house at Carnton.

[RissaRageous]

This house is so Scary at night. No Joke, you will prolly see scary stuff.

[JohnGlasgowfromSears]

What a big old queer! The book sucks too.