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The McGavock Confederate Cemetery is located in Franklin, Tennessee. It was established in June 1866 as a private cemetery on land donated by the McGavock planter family. The nearly 1,500 Confederate soldiers buried there were casualties of the Battle of Franklin that took place November 30, 1864. They were first buried at the battleground, but ...
Confederate Soldier Monument in Lexington; List of American Civil War monuments in Kentucky; List of public art in Lexington, Kentucky; National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, Kentucky
Caroline "Carrie" Winder McGavock (née Winder; September 9, 1829 – February 22, 1905) was an American slave owner and the caretaker of the McGavock Confederate Cemetery at Carnton, a historic plantation complex in Franklin, Tennessee. [1] [2] Her life was the subject of a 2005 best-selling novel by Robert Hicks, entitled The Widow of the South.
American Civil War portal; This category is for permanent military cemeteries established for Confederate soldiers and sailors who died during campaigns or operations. A common difference between cemeteries of war graves and those of civilian peacetime graves is the uniformity of those interred. They generally died during a relatively short ...
Within the Lexington Cemetery, ... which set all Confederate states’ slaves free on January 1, 1863 at the Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Ky on May 9, 2024. ... due to the onset of the Civil War.
Adjacent to Carnton is the McGavock Confederate Cemetery, where 1,481 Southern soldiers killed in the battle are buried. Adjacent to the 48 acres (190,000 m 2 ) surrounding Carnton is another 110 acres (0.45 km 2 ) of battlefield, which is currently being converted to a city park.
A Lexington cemetery honors Civil War heroes with Juneteenth Jubilee. Alexis Baker. June 16, 2024 at 8:00 AM. ... a ceremony recognizing African Americans’ service in the Civil War.
Randal William McGavock was born on August 10, 1826, in Nashville, Tennessee. [1] [3] [5] He was a fourth-generation Irish-American. [3]His paternal grandfather's brother was Randal McGavock (1766–1843), who served as Mayor of Nashville from 1824 to 1825 and owned the Carnton plantation. [3]