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.

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 ...

Visit Franklin, TN—just 21 miles from Nashville! Stroll historic Main Street, savor Southern eats, explore Civil War sites and more. Franklin, Tennessee is an adorable small town 21 miles south of ...

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 ...

Danmark/DePreist Tract at the Franklin Battlefield (Williamson County) American Battlefield Trust, receives $3,930,000.00 for the acquisition of the +/- 31.6-acre ...

With this round of grants the Civil War Sites Preservation Fund has now allocated $20,312,188.32 in matching funds for the acquisition and preservation of over 1,100 acres associated with the 38 ...

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.

On Dec. 15, 1864 — 160 years ago today — the Battle of Nashville began. Just weeks after his defeats at Spring Hill and Franklin, Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood again tried to take his Army ...

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 ...