GIFT SHOP
The Carter House Gift Shop is run by The
Carter House Association, a non-profit organization that helps
preserve the historical site of the Battle of Franklin. Revenues
earned on the sales of this Gift Shop go to help run the faculties
and the preservation of our site. We appreciate your
patronage and support of our store.
BOOKS
The Battle of Franklin: When the
Devil Had Full Possession of the Earth - James
R. Knight
Published by The History Press for the Civil
War Sesquicentennial Series
This
is the newest book released on the bloody events that happened
in Franklin, TN on November 30, 1864. With firsthand
accounts, letters and diary entries from the Carter House Archives,
local historian and Carter House descendant, James R. Knight
paints a vivid picture of this gruesome conflict.
Eyewitness
at the Battle of Franklin - by David Logsdon
David Logsdon has read and documented hundreds of journal entries,
letters and official documents from more than ninety men, women, and
children (soldiers & civilians) who survived the Battle of Franklin. The
reader will be transformed back in time as they read the words of the
people who experienced the battle and the aftermath first hand. Literally
hundreds of quotes are listed in chronological order to tell this increasable
story.
David Logsdon has read and documented hundreds
of journal entries, letters and official documents from more
than ninety men, women, and children (soldiers & civilians)
who survived the Battle of Franklin. The reader will
be transformed back in time as they read the words of the people
who experienced the battle and the aftermath first hand. Literally
hundreds of quotes are listed in chronological order to tell
this increasable story.
Also available in this series of books
are the
"Eyewitnesses of the . . ."
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Battle
of Ft. Donaldson
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Battle
of Shiloh
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Battle
of Stones River
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Battle
of Nashville
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Battle
of Perryville
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For Cause & for
Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle
of Franklin. by Eric
A. Jacobson and co-author Richard A. Rupp
Eric Jacobson is the operations
director for the Battle of Franklin Trust that oversees
the historical sites at the Carter House and the Carnton
Plantation. He has done extensive studies of the
events of November 29 & 30, 1864 in Middle Tennessee. Using
previously untapped resources, he sheds an entirely different
light on those dark and difficult days. Civil War
enthusiast will delight in this well-written exploration
of one of the bloodiest and most costly campaigns of the
Civil War.
Invisible
Hero Patrick R. Cleburne
by
Bruce H. Stewart, Jr.
This book presents
a level of detail that is unsurpassed in the study of this
significant figure. Along with the introduction of pertinent
maps, this approach allows the reader to actually visualize
the battlefield with a clear understanding of the movements
of Cleburne's command.
John
Bell Hood and The War for Southern Independence by
Richard M. McMurry.
John Bell Hood earned notoriety for his leadership of the Texas brigade
early in the Civil War. He rose in the ranks to become the youngest
of the full generals of the Confederacy. In this prize-winning
book Richard McMurry details Hood's rise in Confederate ranks to his
disastrous failure at the end of the War. At the same time, McMurry
is concerned to do justice to one of the most misunderstood figures
in Civil War history.
Captain Tod Carter
- Confederate States Army by
Rosalie Carter (the great niece of Tod Carter and granddaughter
of Moscow Carter).
Dr. Rosalie Carter
DDS was born at a cottage next door to the Carter House and
spent her entire life in the shadow of this historic battle
field. Hearing stories first hand from her family and
soldiers who would return for reunions of the Battle of Franklin,
she has compiled a biographical sketch of her grand uncle,
Tod Carter. Included in this booklet are some of the
war correspondence that Tod wrote for The Chattanooga Daily
Rebel under the assumed name of "Mint Julep".
This booklet chronicles some of amazing
story of Capt. Tod Carter
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Born
at the Carter House March 24, 1840
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Attorney-at-Law
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Master
Mason
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Captain
20th Tennessee Regiment CSA
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Assistant
Quartermaster
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Provost
Marshal
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War
Correspondent
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Captured
at Missionary Ridge, TN
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Prisoner
of War, Johnson's Island, OH
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Escapes
from transport train
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Rejoins
his regiment in GA
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Aide
to Gen. Thomas Benton Smith
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Mortally
wounded at the Battle of Franklin Nov. 30, 1864
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Died
at the Carter House Dec. 2, 1864 (age 24)
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Eyewitnesses
at the Battle of Franklin - David K. Logdon
