carter gin assault site park

Stopped here on 150th tour. Important spot of battlefield. Glad to hear that land has been acquired for further preservation.

The restoration efforts in this area are very encouraging. The park is slightly off site of actual Gin but that area is rapidly being restored. Fascinating to see the progress being made on reclaiming the entire core battlefield area, including the Gin and Carter garden. If you have been there before you need to go back to see how much has been done to improve the area.

Just a small area where a marker is located. A stacked cannonball marker in the middle is not labeled, so a little more information would be helpful at this site.

I liked the park and the stack of cannonballs. Disliked that there was not much information other than a few brief signs; site was not well marked.

So there's a Noble Romans there and a strip mall and it is a little sad to think of all the men who died on the spot, including several generals. You still must go, you still must get a feel for the place AND be happy in the knowledge that soon all this urban sprawl will disappear and the place will be what it should be--a historic site.

For this point to be such a very important spot or site during the Battle of Franklin I almost didn't find it II Drove past it twice before I remembered it was somewhere near a pizza place. Never did see the spot where Patrick Cleberne (sp.) was to have been killed. Once I got home and looked it up on the Internet then I see it was in the corner of somebody's property on this little dead-end sort of street that bared his name. Had a small marker barely visable in someone's yard.No fencing, No abattis growth, nothing resembling what it would have looked like back then. A few black cannon balls in such a small area being called a park was laughable. Very disappointed with this stop.

This was the center of the battle. Cannon balls stacked and kept clean. The original gin stood across the road at the market. Check out the pictures.

The most disappointing thing about the Battle of Franklin site is that 95% of it has been overrun with development. This is one of the few places where you can stand where the actual battle took place. It is also near the Carter House and Lotz house, so I would recommend visiting it.

We were told the old Carter Cotton Gin, which was cannabalized during the fighting is being rebuilt, with the intention of returning it to working order. Another glimpse into the daily lives of the people this war took such a terrible toll upon.

There is nothing much to see here right now but you can easily see where Confederate generals met their deaths, marked by nearby posts with the name of the general on it. This battle cost the Confederates dearly.

The park is small and a quick stop on your way around town to the different sites. It is easy to find and takes a few minutes to read about what happened at the gin which is an important feature of the Battle of Franklin as a whole.

This is currently just a memorial. They plan to purchase the current pizza place and rebuild the cotton gin as it was in 1864. Will be an important addition.

The Carter Gin Assault Site battlefield park is just south of the Carter House museum, in Franklin, and is one prime example of how a battlefield can be restored. Originally this location was built over by a Pizza Hut restaurant, but because of its historical significance, in 2005 the restaurant was purchased and demolished. Today this park stands in its place.The Carter Gin site (located across the street from the park), along with the Carter House, the epicenter of the brutal battle of Franklin, on Nov. 30, 1864. From this site it is possible to see the markers of where six Confederate generals fell on that afternoon, and evening. The memorial is simple, a text marker and a cannonball pyramid monument. But the site is some of the most hallowed ground of all the Franklin battlefield stops. There are other historical markers all around this park, on Cleburne St. and Columbia Ave., including one at the edge of a private yard. Be respectful when visiting those. Parking is also a major problem here. There is none that I noted. I actually had to park in the Domino's Pizza lot across Cleburne Street. While this caused no problems during my visit, you might take how many available spaces are left open before you stop. Another parking option is to park at the Carter House down the street and walk, but there are no sidewalks. Overall, this is a simple memorial to a very traumatic moment of the Civil War. If on a tour of the Franklin battlefield, you need to make every effort to go and see this. The Carter Gin Assault Site is part of a 26-stop driving tour. A free driving tour map is available at the Franklin downtown visitors center (at 209 E. Main Street), or by contacting the Save the Franklin Battlefield Association, P.O. Box 851, Franklin, TN 37065-0871.