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1. CARN_140526_09.JPG: The Carnton Mansion & Grounds Given to the Carnton Association September 25, 1978, by Ruth D. Sugg and W.D. Sugg M.D. (the latter born and reared in Williamson County) of Bradenton, Florida. In memory of Dr. Sugg's parents: Ella Hogin Sugg and Dr. J.T. Sugg, a faithful country doctor of North Williamson County, 1897 to 1931.
2. CARN_140526_14.JPG: Carnton Plantation Caught in the Middle -- Hood's Campaign -- In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman's supply lies. Rather than contest Sherman's "March to the Sea," Hood moved north into Tennessee, Gen. John M. Schofield, detached from Sherman's army, delayed Hood at Columbia and Spring Hill before falling back to Franklin. The bloodbath here on November 30 crippled the Confederates, but they followed Schofield to the outskirts of Nashville and Union Gen. George H. Thomas's strong defenses. Hood's campaign ended when Thomas crushed his army on December 15-16. Randal McGavock, a prominent Nashville resident and a friend of Andrew Johnson, built Carnton in 1826. After McGavock's death in 1843, his son John McGavock inherited the property and soon improved the house. Late on the afternoon of November 30, 1864, John McGavock, his wife, Carrie, and their two young children were caught up in one of the monumental conflicts of the Civil War, the Battle of Franklin. The McGavocks were trapped between almost 40,000 Confederate and Federal soldiers. At 4PM, the Confederate Army of Tennessee launched a massive frontal assault, at least as large as Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, and waves of soldiers smashed into the Federal defenses south of Franklin. In the face of withering Union artillery fire, the Confederate right wing swept past Carnton. Five hours later, 9,500 American soldiers on both sides were dead, wounded, or missing. Carnton became a field hospital for Confederate Gen. William W. Loring's division. By the middle of the night, 300 suffering men jammed the house while hundreds of others spilled across the lawn and into outbuildings. Carrie McGavock's sheets, towels, tablecloths, and John McGavock's shirts were torn up for bandages. Wounded men bled and died on the floors and under the stairs. By dawn, the bodies of four dead Confederate generals were laid out on the back porch: Patrick R. Cleburne, Hiram B. Granbury, John Adams, and Otho F. Strahl. In 1866, John and Carrie McGavock established what became known as the McGavock Confederate Cemetery nearby and reburied the remains of 1,481 Southern soldiers from their temporary graves south of town. The McGavocks maintained the cemetery until their deaths in 1893 and 1905, respectively.
3. CARN_140526_20.JPG: 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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Wikipedia Description: Carnton
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Carnton is a historic plantation house and museum in Franklin in Williamson County, Tennessee. Carnton is the setting for the blockbuster novel The Widow of the South, by author Robert Hicks. The sprawling farm and its buildings played an important role during and immediately after the Battle of Franklin during the American Civil War.

Antebellum years:

Initial construction:

The first construction at Carnton took place in 1815 by Randal McGavock (1768–1843), who had emigrated from Virginia, settling in Nashville, Tennessee. Significant work on the home started in the mid 1820s using slave labor. McGavock named the property after his father’s birthplace in County Antrim, Ireland. The term “Carnton“ was derived from a Gaelic word cairn that means “a pile of stones”. A cairn can connotate a pile of memorial stones.

Early on, the main house was adjoined to the smokehouse or kitchen by a two-story wing. The smokehouse was the first structure in the property (c. 1815). The kitchen was destroyed by a tornado in 1909. The remains can clearly be seen today and were being excavated by archaeologists.

Patriarch: Randal McGavock:

Randal McGavock was a prominent local politician, serving as Mayor of Nashville for a one-year term in 1824. He knew President James K. Polk and was good friends with President Andrew Jackson, who stayed in the McGavock home on more than one occasion. Jackson gave a rocking chair to the McGavocks, and it is one of the several original artifacts or pieces of furniture one can see when touring the home today.

The home was ready for the McGavock family to permanently occupy in the late 1820s. At the time it was 1,400 acres (6 km�) of which 500 acres (2 km�) was used for farming. In the 1830s, McGavock had 250 hogs, cattle, and sheep.

Son: Col. John McGavock:

Randal McGavock died in 1843, leaving his property to two sons, James and John (1815–1893). John took possession of the Carn ...More...
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