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File Name	shades_carn_0003.tif
Title	Carnton Plantation, Franklin, Tennessee
Date	circa 1890
Genre	Photographs
Description	View of house with two story wooden porch. People seated on lower level have numbers inscribed below them that may refer to a key identifying them on the back of photograph.
Historical note	This photograph shows the double decks of the back porch at Carnton Plantation decades after the Civil War. Carnton, a large plantation near Franklin, Tennessee served as an ad hoc hospital during the December 1864 Battle of Franklin. Carrie McGavock, mistress of Carnton, not only helped tend wounded soldiers, she also oversaw the burial of Confederate dead in the family cemetery at Carnton during the weeks and months following the bloody battle.
Subject	Carnton Mansion (Franklin, Tenn.); Architecture, Domestic
Theme	Capturing the Flag
Story	Antoinette Polk
Tags	Hospitals
Geographic Location	United States--Tennessee--Franklin
Time period	1890-1899
Rights	Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images, contact the Battle of Franklin Trust.
Type	Still image
Format	image/jp2
Contributing Institution	Carnton / Battle of Franklin Trust
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL	http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,130
Archival file	shades12/shades_carn_0003.tif