I only hope in the future that preserved historical places, public or private, are not erased by political correctness the likes of which we are now experiencing. Thanks for this great series!
Eric Jacobson does such a heartfelt and serious presentation on this video. He really is one of the best presenters in this series. (They are ALL great by the way). Thanks Mr Jacobson!
I loved the hearing the stories of the civil war. The courage and strength of the family Mc Gavocks handle what happen there changed their lives, I took the tour in 2021. I was amazed how Gracious and honoring the family took such good care of the wounded and those that fought. in civil war. The MC Gavocks family took such great care on burying the wounded by state. on their property. My good friend Husband Great -great and so on. told me his grandfather fought on the confederate side of the battle (that was so cool). I would recommend. everyone going here. Keep their stories alive!
Visited there this past May. Will never forget what I saw there and what happened there!!! And, remember that those bloodstains soaked through a thick carpet on that floor.....I am very glad that I had the opportunity to visit that place. Truly memorable!
Fantastic job bringing middle Tennessee's battles into the light. If you ever plan another campaign video series please look at Sherman's march to the sea and Carolinas. Perhaps stop at Andersonville.
My aunt on my moms side lives literally 2 minutes from carton plantation. This plantation was the first civil war site I visited when I was around the ages of 8-9! I will go back again to visit this battle I don’t remember most of my time there except for there
I visited Carnton 3 years ago. When my tour group was there, a thunderstorm rolled through. You could almost image a little bit of the noise that was going on when the battle was being fought.
Great video gentleman. I have visited the Franklin battle field several times and the homes and the cemetery. It is never any less sobering at each visit of what happened here and the destruction of the Confederate Army at this battle. Beautiful area. I’ve also visited the cemetery in Helena, Arkansas where General Cleburne was relocated to. When you see the blood stains in the Carnton house and realize they are still there over 150 years later it really hits home. Thanks for showing everyone this area.
"The Widow of the South" a great historical novel about the tracking down of the dead by the family members and the task of forming the cemetery. Very good book.
But according to what he just said Carrie is not the one who wrote the names in the book, not did he mention what the book spoke of as to where these soldiers came from. Now I am rethinking where the truth is. Yes I realize there is a reason it's called a novel my simple question is which one holds more of the truth. No matter the outcome my opinion of the McGavocks will not falter I am still in awe of what they did and how they took care of those men even in death.
G'day from Down Under. I've had an interest in the American Civil War for quite a long time, certainly since watching the Ken Burns series on the War. On one of my visits to the States some 15 or more years ago, which included a visit to Nashville (I'm a CM fan), my wife and I stumbled onto Franklin, the Battle of Franklin and Carnton House. We visited Carter House in Franklin, took the tour and were amazed at how the battle progressed around the house, the bullet damage in the buildings and how the family survived in the cellar. We were then directed to Carnton House and the Confederate Cemetery and toured the area and, although we couldn't visit the house, we were able to get a good view of the house from a gap in the hedge. We then visited the cemetery where we noticed a lady placing poppies on the headstones. We started a conversation and found that she was a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy and she placed poppies at the headstones on every Memorial Day. As part of the conversation she told us about Carnton house being a hospital with dead and wounded spread all over the verandah and other areas, such was the carnage. I assume that the practice still goes on today. During our conversation she gave some opinions about the Civil War but the comment that really surprised me was when she said: "I'm glad the North won because I don't think we'd have become the nation we are today if the South had prevailed" or words to that effect. Eye opening to me, a visitor, and it made me wonder how many other people might feel that way. I don't know as this was the only time I ever heard such a comment but, as I say, I found the visit interesting, the houses interesting and the cemetery interesting as well as the conversation. Glad to see it's all still there and being cared for for future generations.
Perhaps David J. Eicher said it best in his book The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War (p 774) when he wrote: Hood "had in effect mortally wounded his army at Franklin.
Are the McGavocks of Carnton the same family as that of Lt Col McGavock of the 10th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, who was killed at Raymond during the Vicksburg campaign?
That is a special place,hard to think/ or Imagine That war left the death and suffering on your doorstep in your home and front yard regardless of position on the war they had to deal with it . What has happened at Rippavilla I was told people who had items displayed removed belongings from the house who is managing it now and why would they do so ?
So Carrie wasn't the one who wrote in the book of the dead? The owner of the field where they were originally buried didn't say he was going to plant in that field again and the McGavock's didn't organize the removal to Carnton? Okay I am so confused because of what I've read or heard is not the way it happened? I know she took care of the cemetery as did her husband. It won't stop me from getting out there in June for my birthday but I would like to go knowing I know the truth about what happened and how. So thank you for this video and I will be doing more research on Carnton and the battle of Franklin.
I walked the carter garden and north battlefield and just imagined the total chaos, blood, death, noise for about 2-3 hours, confederates caught in the breastworks. Pretty violent holy ground.
@@ericjacobson7321 Can you make a video of the entrenchments built quick buy the union soldiers...I understand that the union soldiers hadn't sleep in 2.5 days when they built the entrenchments?
I've known some of this and enjoy the video. But a couple of days ago I was looking up the information about Stonewall Jackson and it makes me sick to my heart to read about the removal of so many statues of Great Men from the East, Charlottesville and Richmond.
If you ever wonder why this video only has 17k views in 1 year, it's because of the poor production quality and bad presentation. There's nothing worse than someone trying to hype something that has no idea how to do it.
