McGavock Confederate Cemetery
The McGavock Confederate Cemetery is located in Franklin, Tennessee. It was established in June 1866 as a private cemetery on land donated by the McGavock planter family.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: Civil War cemetery in Franklin, Tennessee
- Also known as: “McGavock Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carnton and Franklin Battlefield.
Carnton
Museum
Photo: Landry76, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carnton is a historic plantation home built in 1826 in Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. The property, comprising 1,420 acres, played an important role during and immediately after the Battle of Franklin during the American Civil War. Carnton is situated 580 feet southeast of McGavock Confederate Cemetery.
Franklin Battlefield
Park
Photo: JW1805, Public domain.
Franklin Battlefield was the site of the Second Battle of Franklin, which occurred late in the American Civil War. It is located in the southern part of Franklin, Tennessee, on U.S. Franklin Battlefield is situated 1,300 feet north of McGavock Confederate Cemetery.
Carter House
Museum
Photo: Hlj, Public domain.
The Carter House State Historic Site is a historic house at 1140 Columbia Avenue in Franklin, Tennessee. In that house, the Carter family hid in the basement waiting for the second Battle of Franklin to end. Carter House is situated 1¼ miles northwest of McGavock Confederate Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Franklin and Cool Springs.
Franklin
Photo: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Franklin is a city of 81,000 people in Tennessee, just a few miles south of Nashville. There are two main areas of interest. One is the Cool Springs area, which is identified by its corporate and retail growth surrounding one of the largest malls in the Southeast, the CoolSprings Galleria.
Cool Springs
Suburb
Cool Springs is a major commercial center located in Williamson County, Tennessee. Northern portions of Cool Springs fall within the city limits of Brentwood, while the rest is under the jurisdiction of Franklin. Cool Springs is situated 3½ miles northeast of McGavock Confederate Cemetery.
McGavock Confederate Cemetery
- Categories: military cemetery and burial
- Location: Williamson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.9044° or 35° 54′ 16″ northLongitude
-86.8595° or 86° 51′ 34″ westElevation
659 feet (201 metres)Open location code
867MW43R+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
way 382367910OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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