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Cool Springs
Galleria Mall
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Franklin
Transit
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County
Public Library
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Pinkerton Park
Murfreesboro Rd
Carnton
Plantation
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Columbia Ave.
89
Kroger
Target
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Williamson
Medical Center
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#60
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YMCA
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TN Career
Center
90
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Downs Blvd.
Please note: When Main Street is closed
for Downtown Franklin events, the Fixed
Route service will use Bridge Street
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Graceworks
South Bound Route
#1
Factory
8:00
9:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
#15
#16
2nd Ave & 4th Ave &
Church St. Church St.
8:03
9:03
10:03
11:03
12:03
1:03
2:03
3:03
8:04
9:04
10:04
11:04
12:04
1:04
2:04
3:04
Monday - Friday 8:00 - 4:00
#75
#85
#86
#87
#65
#88
#89
Transit
Center
Plaza W. Fowlkes Historic
Parking
Lotz
Carter
Lot
House
House
Public
Library
Cannon &
Fairground
D.H.S. @
Beasley Dr.
8:06
9:06
10:06
11:06
12:06
1:06
2:06
3:06
8:08
9:08
10:08
11:08
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10:10
11:10
12:10
1:10
2:10
3:10
8:11
9:11
10:11
11:11
12:11
1:11
2:11
3:11
West Bound Route
#44
#90
#75
#64
#65
Factory
Main &
3rd Ave
Main &
4th Ave
Transit
Center
Carter &
Strahl
Public
Library
6:00
7:00
8:00
9:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
6:03
7:03
8:03
9:03
10:03
11:03
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1:03
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10:04
11:04
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1:04
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10:06
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7:12
8:12
9:12
10:12
11:12
12:12
1:12
2:12
3:12
4:12
#1
#2
Factory
Sycamore
& Cedar
7:00
8:00
9:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
5:00
7:03
8:03
9:03
10:03
11:03
12:03
1:03
2:03
3:03
4:03
5:03
#3
#4
Sycamore Liberty &
& Ash
Chestnut
7:04
8:04
9:04
10:04
11:04
12:04
1:04
2:04
3:04
4:04
5:04
7:05
8:05
9:05
10:05
11:05
12:05
1:05
2:05
3:05
4:05
5:05
#93
#94
#97
Parkway
Graceworks Noah Dr
Common’s
Julianna Cr.
@ SE
@ Career
Shopping
& Polk Pl.
Parkway
Center
Center
8:20
9:20
10:20
11:20
12:20
1:20
2:20
3:20
8:25
9:25
10:25
11:25
12:25
1:25
2:25
3:25
8:27
9:27
10:27
11:27
12:27
1:27
2:27
3:27
#98
#100
Yarmouth
@ Carriage
Park Dr.
Historic
Carnton
Plantation
8:29
9:29
10:29
11:29
12:29
1:29
2:29
3:29
8:36
9:36
10:36
11:36
12:36
1:36
2:36
3:36
8:28
9:28
10:28
11:28
12:28
1:28
2:28
3:28
#99
#73
#74
#15
#1
Watson
Franklin
Pinkerton 2nd Ave &
Glen ShopYMCA
Park
Church St.
ping Center
Factory
8:41
9:41
10:41
11:41
12:41
1:41
2:41
3:41
9:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
8:46
9:46
10:46
11:46
12:46
1:46
2:46
3:46
8:53
9:53
10:53
11:53
12:53
1:53
2:53
3:53
8:56
9:56
10:56
11:56
12:56
1:56
2:56
3:56
Monday - Friday 6:00 - 5:00 & Saturday 8:00 - 5:00
#1
East Bound Route
#90
#69
#55
#77
#78
#95
Carter & Natchez
Reddick & Spring
Booker
Park
Danby &
Davidson
6:14
7:14
8:14
9:14
10:14
11:14
12:14
1:14
2:14
3:14
4:14
6:17
7:17
8:17
9:17
10:17
11:17
12:17
1:17
2:17
3:17
4:17
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7:19
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10:19
11:19
12:19
1:19
2:19
3:19
4:19
6:15
7:15
8:15
9:15
10:15
11:15
12:15
1:15
2:15
3:15
4:15
#96
#79
#76
#52
#51
Hardison
&
Cothern
Davidson
Franklin
Estates III
West
Meade
@
Shelter
West
N.
Magnolia
Robin
Shawnee
11th Ave 11th Ave
Meade
Petway &
Dr @
Hill &
&
& Boyd & Mt.
& Robin
BrookeSussex
Edgwood Cherokee
Mill Pk Hope St
Hill
wood
Apt
6:20
7:20
8:20
9:20
10:20
11:20
12:20
1:20
2:20
3:20
4:20
6:21
7:21
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10:21
11:21
12:21
1:21
2:21
3:21
4:21
6:23
7:23
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9:23
10:23
11:23
12:23
1:23
2:23
3:23
4:23
6:25
7:25
8:25
9:25
10:25
11:25
12:25
1:25
2:25
3:25
4:25
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7:26
8:26
9:26
10:26
11:26
12:26
1:26
2:26
3:26
4:26
6:26
7:26
8:26
9:26
10:26
11:26
12:26
1:26
2:26
3:26
4:26
#50
6:27
7:27
8:27
9:27
10:27
11:27
12:27
1:27
2:27
3:27
4:27
#80
6:28
7:28
8:28
9:28
10:28
11:28
12:28
1:28
2:28
3:28
4:28
#81
6:30
7:30
8:30
9:30
10:30
11:30
12:30
1:30
2:30
3:30
4:30
#48
6:32
7:32
8:32
9:32
10:32
11:32
12:32
1:32
2:32
3:32
4:32
#47
6:32
7:32
8:32
9:32
10:32
11:32
12:32
1:32
2:32
3:32
4:32
#82
Wm.
Rec
Center
#83
#84
Holland Publix @
Park Dr. Fieldstone
6:38
6:40
6:41
8:38
9:38
10:38
11:38
12:38
1:38
8:40
9:40
10:40
11:40
12:40
1:40
8:41
9:41
10:41
11:41
12:41
1:41
3:38
4:38
3:40
4:40
3:41
4:41
#46
#45
#58
#59
#1
Goodwill
@ Ind.
Square
J.L.
Clay
Senior
Center
4th Ave
& Alley
Way
3rd
Ave @
Shelter
Main St.
& 2nd
Factory
Ave
6:45
7:45
8:45
9:45
10:45
11:45
12:45
1:45
2:45
3:45
4:45
6:48
7:48
8:48
9:48
10:48
11:48
12:48
1:48
2:48
3:48
4:48
6:49
7:49
8:49
9:49
10:49
11:49
12:49
1:49
2:49
3:49
4:49
6:50
7:50
8:50
9:50
10:50
11:50
12:50
1:50
2:50
3:50
4:50
6:52
7:52
8:52
9:52
10:52
11:52
12:52
1:52
2:52
3:52
4:52
6:55
7:55
8:55
9:55
10:55
11:55
12:55
1:55
2:55
3:55
4:55
Monday - Friday 7:00 - 6:00 & Saturday 9:00 - 6:00
#5
#6
#7
#8
#91
#92
#36
#9
Liberty &
Flintlock
Liberty
& Eagles
Glen
Liberty &
Liberty
Hills
Liberty &
Stanwick
Shelter
Viero Cool
Springs
Apts
Royal
Oaks
Apts.
Williamson
Medical
Center
Centennial
HS
7:08
8:08
9:08
10:08
11:08
12:08
1:08
2:08
3:08
4:08
5:08
7:10
8:10
9:10
10:10
11:10
12:10
1:10
2:10
3:10
4:10
5:10
7:11
8:11
9:11
10:11
11:11
12:11
1:11
2:11
3:11
4:11
5:11
7:12
8:12
9:12
10:12
11:12
12:12
1:12
2:12
3:12
4:12
5:12
7:14
8:14
9:14
10:14
11:14
12:14
1:14
2:14
3:14
4:14
5:14
7:15
8:15
9:15
10:15
11:15
12:15
1:15
2:15
3:15
4:15
5:15
7:20
8:20
9:20
10:20
11:20
12:20
1:20
2:20
3:20
4:20
5:20
7:24
8:24
9:24
10:24
11:24
12:24
1:24
2:24
3:24
4:24
5:24
#10
#11
#18
#19
#20
#21
#42
#22
#23
#24
Mallory &
Walmart
Frazier
Galleria
Food
Court
Mallory Mallory &
& Nichol Mallory
Mill
Station
Dwell
Apts. &
West
McEwen
Whole
Foods
Mallory Mallory & Mallory &
& Sonic Liberty Stanwick
7:26
8:26
9:26
10:26
11:26
12:26
1:26
2:26
3:26
4:26
5:26
7:32
8:32
9:32
10:32
11:32
12:32
1:32
2:32
3:32
4:32
5:32
7:35
8:35
9:35
10:35
11:35
12:35
1:35
2:35
3:35
4:35
5:35
7:39
8:39
9:39
10:39
11:39
12:39
1:39
2:39
3:39
4:39
5:39
7:40
8:40
9:40
10:40
11:40
12:40
1:40
2:40
3:40
4:40
5:40
7:45
8:45
9:45
10:45
11:45
12:45
1:45
2:45
3:45
4:45
5:45
7:28
8:28
9:28
10:28
11:28
12:28
1:28
2:28
3:28
4:28
5:28
7:37
8:37
9:37
10:37
11:37
12:37
1:37
2:37
3:37
4:37
5:37
7:47
8:47
9:47
10:47
11:47
12:47
1:47
2:47
3:47
4:47
5:47
7:49
8:49
9:49
10:49
11:49
12:49
1:49
2:49
3:49
4:49
5:49
#25
#26
#27
#28
#29
#1
Liberty &
Liberty
Hills
Liberty
& Eagles
Glen
Liberty &
Flintlock
Liberty &
Chestnut
Ash &
Sycamore
Factory
7:50
8:50
9:50
10:50
11:50
12:50
1:50
2:50
3:50
4:50
5:50
7:51
8:51
9:51
10:51
11:51
12:51
1:51
2:51
3:51
4:51
5:51
7:52
8:52
9:52
10:52
11:52
12:52
1:52
2:52
3:52
4:52
5:52
7:52
8:52
9:52
10:52
11:52
12:52
1:52
2:52
3:52
4:52
5:52
7:53
8:53
9:53
10:53
11:53
12:53
1:53
2:53
3:53
4:53
5:53
7:55
8:55
9:55
10:55
11:55
12:55
1:55
2:55
3:55
4:55
5:55
Las bolsas del jaleo del límite a la cantidad usted puede
llevar.
Recuerde que montar en este autobus es un privilegio,
no abuse de este privilegio actuando de una forma que
ofenda o moleste a los otros pasajeros, ni comprometa la
operacion del vehiculo.
No seran permitidos menores de Doce (12) anos sin la
compania de otro menor mayor de doce (12) o un adulto.
Franklin Transit Authority allows for elderly persons, persons with disabilities and
persons with a Medicare card to pay one half the fare during all service times. All
transit services are open to the public.
The Franklin Transit Authority programs without regard to race, color or national
origin, in accordance with the Rights under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act - No
person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin,
be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to
discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
For more information on the Title VI Act and your Rights please visit: http://www.
justice.gov/crt/cor/index.php
This project is funded in part under agreement with the Tennessee Department
of Transportation.
• Reservations required
• All transit vehicles are ADA accessible and can accommodate 8-12 passengers.
• For fare information and scheduling,
call (615) 628-0260
Para su seguridad no cruce la calle por la parte delantera
del autobus.
(Transit On DemanD)
No distraiga al conductor cuando el autobus este en
marcha.
TODD provides pre-arranged curb-to-curb pick-up
and drop-off service as well as all-day, same-day
access to Franklin’s fixed route public transit service.
Cuando no haya asiento disponible y usted tiene que ir
parado, mantenga siempre un agarre firme y seguro en
los rieles de mano, porque el autobus puede parar de
repente y hacerle perder el equilibrio.
Solar Transit shelters are located throughout town.
TODD
No se admiten mascotas, excepto animales de servicio
o aquellos viajando en un portador de mascota cerrado
que encaja en su regazo.
Avoid having to carry change to pay your fare. For your
convenience, you can buy ticket books or passes at the
Franklin Transit Authority ticket office. Call (615) 790-0604 for
location.
Exact fare in cash or ticket is required. Drivers do not carry
or give change. Children 12 and under must be accompanied
by an adult. The Franklin Transit Authority allows for elderly
persons (65+), persons with disabilities, and persons with a
Medicare card to pay one half the fare during all service times.
Tickets & Passes
Transit Fares
$10
$5
10-Ride Ticket Books
Regular
Discount*
El autobus solo se detiene en las paradas previamente
designadas.
$1.00
• Bus stops only at designated stops.
Other public transit services provided for
you by the Franklin Transit Authority:
$25
$12.50
Solo se pueden usar equipos de audio con auriculares.
TODD
31-Ride Franklin Fast Pass
Regular
Discount*
• Headphones must be used with audio equipment.
Transit Shelters
$.50
$.50
FREE
$.50
No comer, beber o fumar permitido en este autobus.
Consejos Prácticos Para Viajar
Fixed Route Trolley Service Adult
Senior (65+)/Disabled with ID card,
or Medicare card
Children under age 5
Lap children
Senior (65+)/ADA Deviations
Franklin Transit Service
• Limit carry-on bags to the amount you can carry.
• Riding the bus is a privilege, do not abuse it by behaving
in a way that offends other customers or affects the safe
operation of the vehicle.
• Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an
older passenger or an adult.
• Do not distract your driver while bus is in motion.
• For your safety, do not cross the street in front of the
bus.
• When no seat is available and you have to stand, always
maintain a firm and secure grip on the handrails, as the
bus may come to an unexpected or sudden stop.
• Pets are not allowed, except service pets or those
traveling in a closed pet carrier that fits in your lap.
• No Eating, Drinking or Smoking allowed on the bus.
Helpful Tips For Riding
Fares Subject to Change
Con los pases y boletos no es necesario tener cambio para
pagar su pasaje. Para su propia conveniencia, usted puede
adquirir las libretas de boletos o pases en la taquilla de boletos
de Franklin Transit Authority. Llame al (615) 790-0604 para que
le informen donde se localiza.
Se requiere traer boleto o el pasaje exacto. Los conductores
no traen ni dan cambio. Los menores de 12 años deben ir
acompañados de un adulto. La Autoridad de Tránsito de Franklin
permite a los ancianos (65+), personas con discapacidad y las
personas con una tarjeta de Medicare que paguen la mitad de
la tarifa durante todo el tiempo de servicio.
Pases y boletos
Pasajes
Servicio de la ruta fija del trolebús
Adultos
Mayores de 65/ Discapacitados
con identificación, or Medicare card
Menores de 5 años
Niños de brazos
Desviaciones de mayor (65+)/ADA
$1.00
$.50
$.50
FREE
$.50
Libreta de boletos de 10-Viajes
Regular
Con descuento*
Hours of Operation
Monday through Saturday: 6:00am – 6:00pm
Information
Schedules and maps are available at many public
facilities including retail areas, the hospital and medical
facilities, and the library.
Customer Service
$10
$5
Fast Pass Franklin (pase rápido) de 31-Viajes
Regular
$25
Con descuento*
$12.50
The Franklin Transit Authority welcomes your comments,
compliments, complaints or general inquires to help you
get the most from our system and services.
Lost & Found
(615) 628-0260 • Monday through Friday 9am – 5:00pm
Route & Schedule Information
(615) 628-0260 • www.franklintransit.org
Las tarifas están sujetas a cambios
Fares
All transit vehicles are
wheel chair accessible.
2013 Route Map & Schedule
Tickets
T
he small town of Franklin, Tennessee had been a Federal
military post since the fall of Nashville in early 1862. Late in the
summer of 1864, Confederate President Jefferson Davis replaced
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston with Gen. John Bell Hood. Hood, a West
Point graduate, had won acclaim for his achievements in Robert E.
Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. He had also suffered a grievous
wound to his left arm at Gettysburg and his right leg had been
amputated near the hip after being shot at Chickamauga. After the
fall of Atlanta in early September 1864, Hood began formulating
plans for an invasion of Middle Tennessee, with the goal of
recapturing Nashville and prolonging the war. Hood and his Army
of Tennessee, over 30,000 strong, moved up through northwest
Georgia, northern Alabama, and crossed the Tennessee River at
Florence. His hardened veterans, screened by Gen. Nathan Bedford
Forrest’s cavalry, pushed north toward the fertile hills and valleys
of Middle Tennessee on November 21, 1864.
Meanwhile, two army corps were detached from Gen. William T.
Sherman’s armies in Georgia and sent back to defend Nashville and
Middle Tennessee. Gen. George H. Thomas was also dispatched
to Nashville to assume overall command. The Fourth Corps,
commanded by Gen. David S. Stanley, moved first and entered
Tennessee in the first days of November. The Twenty-Third Corps,
commanded by Gen. John M. Schofield, moved into Tennessee in
mid-November. Gen. James H. Wilson, was placed in command of
the cavalry. As Hood’s troops moved into Tennessee some 27,000
Federal troops were positioned between Pulaski and Columbia
prepared to contest the Confederate invasion. At Nashville, Thomas
had barely 8,000 men available to defend the city.
After several days of maneuvering, during which Hood and his
troops nearly cut the Federal army’s route of retreat at Columbia
and Spring Hill, fate and circumstance placed Franklin in the path
of two great armies. Federal troops arrived at Franklin around
dawn and, because the bridges spanning the Harpeth River north
of town were impassable, engineers laid out a defensive position
south of town and the blue clad soldiers began throwing up
earthworks. At the same time, after discovering that the enemy
troops had slipped away during the night, the Confederates began
marching north from Spring Hill.
The Confederate troops began to arrive on the southern edge of
the Harpeth Valley around 1 p.m. Within about an hour Hood had
decided to launch a frontal assault, believing that Franklin would
be his last genuine opportunity to destroy Schofield before he
escaped yet again.
A brief conference was soon held at the Harrison House where
strong objections were voiced by some of Hood’s subordinates.
Gen. Frank Cheatham, Gen. Patrick Cleburne, and Forrest were
among those who spoke of their concerns about such an attack.
But Hood would not be dissuaded. Time was of the essence and
whatever daylight and opportunity remained was fast slipping
away. The same could be said of the Confederacy’s attempt at
independence. It was a desperate time and the frontal attack
which soon commenced would truly be the last great drama of
the war. Emotions were running high. As Cleburne mounted his
horse, Hood repeated the orders. Cleburne responded, “I will take
the works or fall in the attempt.”
The battle began at 4 p.m. with roughly 20,000 Confederate soldiers
moving forward toward a similar number of Federal troops. The
attack itself was far bigger than Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg.
The two armies came into close contact shortly before 4:30 p.m.
and the fighting soon became brutal and fiendishly savage. With
the sun down shortly after the two sides fully engaged it was dark
by just minutes after 5 p.m. When recollecting the battle years later
one man said simply, “It was as if the devil had full possession of
the earth.”
During the awful hours as the battle raged and swirled around
them, the Carter family took refuge in their basement. Some two
dozen men, women, and children, including Albert Lotz and his
family from across the pike, waited as the horrors of war seemed
to almost engulf them. Fountain Branch Carter had years earlier
watched as all three of his surviving sons went off to fight for the
Confederacy. The middle son, Tod, had not been home for three and
a half years and was serving as an aide for General Thomas Benton
Smith during the Battle of Franklin. He was mortally wounded
during the fighting and his body was found the next morning and
brought by his family back to the house. Surrounded by his father,
one brother, sisters, and nieces and nephews, Tod died at home
two days later.
At around midnight the Federal army began a careful withdrawal
from the battlefield and in short order the Northern troops were
en route to Nashville. Left behind was a small town and a battered
Confederate army. Altogether, some 10,000 American soldiers
became casualties at Franklin and about three-fourths of that
number were Confederates. About 2,300 men died, some 7,000
were wounded, and roughly 1,000 were taken prisoner.
By the end of 1865, the Federal government had removed the
bodies of the Federal dead and moved the bodies to the National
Cemetery at Murfreesboro. In the spring of 1866, the McGavock
family donated two acres near their home, Carnton, to establish
a Confederate Cemetery where the remains of 1,481 Confederate
soldiers were laid to rest.
The Carter House was purchased by the State of Tennessee in 1951
and it was first opened to the public in 1953. Today it is managed,
along with Carnton, by the Battle of Franklin Trust and is dedicated
to the Carter family and all of the Americans who fought in this
battle. Their legacy is our mission.
Carnton Plantation
Carnton was built in 1826 by former Nashville mayor Randal
McGavock (1768-1843). Throughout the nineteenth century it
was frequently visited by those shaping Tennessee and American
history, including President Andrew Jackson. Carnton grew to
become one of the premier farms in Williamson County, Tennessee.
Randal McGavock’s son John (1815-1893) inherited the farm upon
his father’s death. John McGavock married Carrie Elizabeth Winder
(1829-1905) in December 1848 and they had five children during
the subsequent years, three of whom died at young ages.
Beginning at 4 p.m. on November 30, 1864, Carnton was witness
to one of the bloodiest battles of the entire Civil War. Everything
the McGavock family ever knew was forever changed. The
Confederate Army of Tennessee furiously assaulted the Federal
army entrenched along the southern edge of Franklin. The
resulting battle, believed to be the bloodiest five hours of the
Civil War, involved a massive frontal assault larger than Pickett’s
Charge at Gettysburg. The majority of the combat occurred in the
dark and at close quarters. The Battle of Franklin lasted barely
five hours and led to some 9,500 soldiers being killed, wounded,
captured, or counted as missing. Nearly 7,000 of that number were
Confederate troops. Carnton served as the largest field hospital in
the area for hundreds of wounded and dying Confederate soldiers
A staff officer later wrote that “the wounded, in hundreds, were
brought to [the house] during the battle, and all the night after.
And when the noble old house could hold no more, the yard was
appropriated until the wounded and dead filled that....”
Lotz House
In 1855, German immigrant Johann Albert Lotz purchased five
acres of land from Fountain Branch Carter. Three years later in
1858, after doing most of the work himself, Lotz completed his
home. By trade, Mr. Lotz was a master carpenter and a piano
maker. He also repaired guitars and violins. His home served as
his “show house” to demonstrate his carpentry work to potential
clients. The three fireplace mantles demonstrate his range from
simple to very complex designs.
There are also several battle scars including the charred, rounded
indention in the wood flooring where a cannonball flew through
the roof, a second story bedroom, and then landed on the first floor
and rolled. In addition, the home has an impressive solid black
walnut wraparound handrail that starts on the ground floor and
wraps all the way around to the second floor.
To accomplish this engineering feat in the mid-nineteenth century
is truly remarkable. What’s more, the newel post at the bottom of
the staircase is actually an inverted leg of one Mr. Lotz’s pianos.
The outside of the home indeed is a testament to Mr. Lotz’s talent.
All the handcarved acorn finials, millwork, and cartouches were
constructed by Lotz.
Gen. Jacob D. Cox set up his headquarters at the Carter House,
located just south of Franklin and on the west side of Columbia
Pike, after waking the family around sunrise. Fountain Branch
Carter, a widower, had lived in his modest brick home for some
thirty-five years. At the time his farm consisted of 288 acres which
produced a variety of crops, including corn, grain, and cotton.
A total of twenty-eight slaves lived and work on the farm with
the Carter family. The Carter cotton gin was located 100 yards
southeast of the house and would become the most recognized
landmark on the battlefield.
Gen. Cox was given the responsibility of overseeing the construction
of the defensive position. The main line of works were located
about 260 feet south of the house. The line, as it moved west, soon
began arching back to the northwest, following the curve of the
slight hill on which the Carter House is located. An interior line of
works was also constructed. To the east of Columbia Pike the main
line bent slightly southeast so that the cotton gin was inside the
breastworks and then the line straightened and continued to the
east. By around noon the bulk of the Federal army was in place
and plans for an evacuation were already in the works. Within a
couple of hours Schofield had issued orders for the withdrawal
from Franklin to begin at 6 p.m. under cover of darkness.
Carter House
Lotz House
South Bound - stop #86
Carnton Plantation
South Bound - stop #87
carnton.org/carterhouse_history.htm
South Bound - stop #100
lotzhouse.com
carnton.org
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