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Ardmore Regional Site Map
Mapping the Campaign: Local Destinations:
Wherever you are in the state, you are never far from one of the hundreds of battlefields, historic sites and museums that tell the Tennessee Civil War story. The sites listed here are all within 50 miles of this Welcome Center. So get started!
History is out there -- waiting for you.
(1) The Matt Gardner Homestead:
This site, 100 Dixon Town Rd. in Elkton, is the restored farm museum of an emancipated slave who became a leader of the African American community of Elkton, serving as a minister, merchant and successful farmer. The site contains his two-story house, smokehouse/store, chicken coop, outhouse and cow barn.
(2) Eastern Flank Battlefield Park:
Eastern Flank Battlefield Park, 1343 Carnton Lane in Franklin, contains both driving and walking tours that interpret the beginning of the Battle of Franklin.
(3) Fort Granger Park:
Fort Granger Park, on Fort Granger Ave. in Franklin, was the town's primary Union military base built in 1862. Named for Gen. Gordon Granger, the fort overlooked Franklin, the Harpeth River, and the Nashville and Decatur Railroad. The fort's cannons fired on the advancing Confederates in the Battle of Franklin.
(4) Rippavilla Plantation:
Rippavilla Plantation, 5700 Main St. in Spring Hill, is a historic property on the Spring Hill battlefield from November 1864. The antebellum Green revival house was occupied by both Union and Confederate officers during the Civil War. Additional buildings on site include an original slave cabin and Freedmen's Bureau school.
(5) The Carter House and Cotton Gin and the Lotz House:
These sites, all in downtown Franklin, are located at the heart of what was the most vicious and bloody combat of the Battle of Franklin on Nov. 30, 1864. The Carter House, a stylish brick home, was the Federal command post while the family took refuge in the basement. The Carter Cotton Gin lies at what was the heart of the defensive line and was the target of Confederate Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne's division.
(6) Carnton Plantation and McGavock Confederate Cemetery:
Carnton Plantation, 1345 Carnton Lane in Franklin, is the restored home of John and Carrie McGavock. This vibrant plantation home became a field hospital to hundreds of wounded and dying Confederates following the Battle of Franklin in 1864. The house, grounds and garden are open for tours daily. The adjacent Confederate cemetery was established by the McGavock family in 1866. |