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.

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 ...

3 Middle Tennessee counties awarded state grants for protection of Civil War sites by: Erin McCullough Posted: Mar 31, 2025 / 01:43 PM CDT Updated: Mar 31, 2025 / 03:54 PM CDT ...

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The donation is currently on display for all visitors at the museum, 1111 Columbia Avenue in Franklin. The house is open for tours from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on ...

Hundreds of wounded and dying soldiers were brought to this plantation home, which served as a field hospital after the Civil War Battle of Franklin, which was fought Nov. 30, 1864.

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 ...

Benjamin Franklin (Michael Douglas) comes ashore in France in December 1776, with the war only a little more than a year old—and the American cause faltering badly.