Lights shine through the bullet holes on the Civil War period farm house during the anniversary ceremony of the Battle of Franklin at the Carter House in Franklin, Tenn., on Nov. 30, 2017.

So before we get to the Civil War sites, you should probably have a general understanding of why Franklin is so significant in the history of the Civil War. First of all: Tennessee.

A photograph of W.H. Younce Shoe Store in Franklin from the early 1900s. Younce was a North Carolina native who escaped the South during the Civil War and settled in Franklin.

The Battle of Franklin took place Nov. 30, 1864, with nearly 20,000 Confederate soldiers in the Army of Tennessee, under Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood, fighting a similar number of federal troops ...

The Carter House, a historic farm built in 1830 that landed at the center of the Battle of Franklin, is getting an $8.5 million makeover with a new visitor's center. A groundbreaking event will be ...