- Joined
- Jan 26, 2019
- Location
- Lookout Mtn. , TN
The main house and the other three buildings are still intact with over a thousand bullet holes still visible. Battle damage is visible on the main house, as well as the ell which was added several years later. There is broken brick and ricochet marks caused by bullet impacts on all sides of the smokehouse. The south face of the kitchen shows extensive battle damage. The farm office is the most bullet damaged building. The Carter garden was destroyed. Confederate troops trapped in the garden took fire from four sides and was one of the deadliest areas on the entire battlefield. The cotton gin which was sort of the epicenter of the battle is no longer standing. The most bullet holes and damage was found in the soldiers who fought there. The fighting lasted just five hours and resulted in some 9,500 casualties - 2,000 dead, 6,500 wounded, and about 1,000 missing.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carter_House_(Franklin,_Tennessee)&oldid=903167187
Battle of Franklin Trust (The Carter House)
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carter_House_(Franklin,_Tennessee)&oldid=903167187
Battle of Franklin Trust (The Carter House)