Carnton Plantation
Main Plantation House
The largest private Confederate cemetery is located on the grounds, and holds the remains
of over 1,400 soldiers killed in battle.
Guided tours of the house are available - FEE is Charged for tours.
Hundreds of wounded and dying soldiers were brought to this antebellum
plantation home, which served as a field hospital after the Civil War Battle of
Franklin, November 30, 1864. Bloodstains remain on the floors of this elegantly
restored home. The 1847 vegetable and ornamental garden has been restored as well as
the slave quarters, springhouse and smokehouse.
