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Carter House
1140 Columbia Avenue, Franklin,
TN ,
USA
Telephone:
(615) 791-1861
Latitude & Longitude:
35° 55' 1.38",
-86° 52' 23.939976"
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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Designed and built under the supervision of Fountain Branch Carter in 1830, this house was occupied successively by three generations of his family. It is a National Historic Landmark.
The Carter House commemorates the tragic Civil War Battle of Franklin, said to have been one of the bloodiest in the nineteenth century.
 Carter House
The Confederates suffered 6,606 casualties. Of the Union forces, 2,326 soldiers were killed. The Carter House was the command post of Major General Jacob D. Cox, Federal field commander of Schofield's delaying action. It became the center of some of the heaviest fighting, and by the morning of December 1, 1864, it had been ravaged by bullets and parts of its roof splintered by cannon. East and south of the house some 13 charges were made by Confederate soldiers. The greatest loss of general officers in the war occurred in this battle on December 1. Nearby, Captain Theodoric Carter, C.S.A., scion of the Carter family, was mortally wounded, and died in the house on December 2.
State Historical Marker Text:
Built 1830 by Fountain Branch Carter, and in use by three generations of his family. Here was command post of Maj. Gen. Jacob D. Cox, Federal field commander of Schofield's delaying action. The hottest fighting took place just east and south nearby, Capt. Theodoric Carter CSA, a son of the family was mortally wounded.
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Union States
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