Mc Gavock Confederate Cemetery
The McGavock Confederate Cemetery the largest privately held Confederate cemetery in the United States is located in Franklin, Tennessee. It was established on land donated by the McGavock planter family.
The nearly 1,500 Confederate soldiers buried there were casualties of the Battle of Franklin that took place November 30, 1864. While 780 of the soldiers have been identified, 558 are still unknown. Since 1905 the cemetery has been maintained by the Franklin chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Read more about Mc Gavock Confederate Cemetery: History, Deterioration of The Graves, McGavock Cemetery Book, The Cemetery Today
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