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The Battle of Blackstock's Farm, a military engagement of the American Revolutionary War, took place in what today is Union County, South Carolina, a few miles from Cross Anchor, on November 20, 1780. The battle marked the first time during the war that an American militia had defeated British regulars. [5]
The State of Tennessee has owned the house since it was purchased to save it from demolition in 1953. As one of the Tennessee Historical Commission's 18 State Historic Sites, the property is administered by the Battle of Franklin Trust, a non-profit organization that also oversees Carnton Plantation.
Carnton's Greek Revival style back porch. Carnton is a red brick Federal-style 11-room residence, that was completed in 1826 by Randal McGavock using slave labor.Built on a raised limestone foundation, the southern facing entrance façade is a two-story, five-bay block with a side-facing gabled roof, covered in tin, with two dormer windows, and slightly projecting end chimneys.
The house and outbuildings still show hundreds of bullet holes. The Carnton Plantation, home to the McGavock family during the battle, also still stands and is likewise open to the public. The Carnton Plantation home was one of 44 Franklin homes serving as a hospital, often with 30 wounded in each small room of the house.
The Harrison House is historic slave plantation home property in Franklin, Tennessee that was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1975. [1] It was built perhaps in 1810 and was extended and remodelled in 1848 by William Harrison.
June 23: Battle of Springfield. April 14 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Monck's Corner; May 6 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Lenud's Ferry; May 12 – American Revolutionary War: Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces. May 13 – Cumberland Compact signed by American settlers in the Cumberland Valley of ...
Battle of Johnsonville John W. "Jack" Hinson , nicknamed "Old Jack" (c. 1807 – 28 April 1874) was a farmer in Stewart County, Tennessee , who operated as a Confederate partisan sniper in the Between-the-Rivers region of Tennessee and Kentucky during the American Civil War .
The Battle of Black Mingo was a skirmish during the American Revolution. It took place in September 29, 1780 [ nb 1 ] in the vicinity of Dollard's Tavern (also known as Red House) at Willtown near Rhems, South Carolina . [ 3 ]