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Name: Carter House, Franklin, Tennessee
Location Type: Other
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Coordinates: 35.925206, -86.868942
Description:
Built in 1830 by Fountain Branch Carter, the Carter House, now a Civil War museum, lay in the middle of the Battle of Frnaklin, one of the worst Civil War battles. It was used by Union troops as a command post, while the Carter family hid in the basement amid the sounds of gunfire and cannons....