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US 31/Franklin Rd. 3/10 mi. N of the Franklin Sq., Franklin, Tennessee: Coordinates: Area: 5.2 acres (2.1 ha) Built: c. 1846 and 1864: Architectural style: Greek Revival, Central passage plan: MPS: Williamson County MRA [2] NRHP reference No. 88000364 [1] Added to NRHP: April 13, 1988
It was the site of the last staff meeting of Confederate General John Bell Hood with his staff before the 1864 Battle of Franklin, on battlefield 3 miles (4.8 km) north. [2] [3] Confederate Brig. Gen. John H. Kelly died and was buried here, after a smaller, earlier battle. [2]
Franklin Battlefield was the site of the Second Battle of Franklin, which occurred late in the American Civil War. It is located in the southern part of Franklin, Tennessee , on U.S. 31 . It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
Historian J.T. Thompson speculated that this narrow area was too rocky for farming saying, "Carter was willing to sell the unproductive real estate to Lotz and pocket the extra cash". [2] The house is a four-column Greek Revival white frame building at 1111 Columbia Avenue in Franklin. The construction and furnishings show details and ...
In the 1850s, Carter built a cotton gin on his property that became a much-remembered landmark during the Second Battle of Franklin in 1864. [2] Though the cotton gin no longer stands, the house and the other three buildings are still intact and illustrate the horror of the Civil War battle with over a thousand bullet holes still visible.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
Winstead Hill is a property in Franklin, Tennessee that has significance in 1864 for being in the Second Battle of Franklin battlefield. It is located within the Franklin Battlefield, a U.S. National Historic Landmark area. [2] In the battle, Confederate troops under General Hood attacked from Winstead Hill. [2]
The 1864 Battle of Franklin was the second military action in the vicinity; a battle fought there on April 10, 1863, was a minor action associated with a reconnaissance in force by Confederate cavalry under Major General Earl Van Dorn.