McGavock Cemetery Book
George Cuppett wrote the names and information related to the identity of each soldier in a cemetery book. After he finished the re-burials in mid 1866, he turned over the care of the book to the McGavocks.
In 1896, the "John McEweb Bivouac" veterans organization raised funds to replace the wooden headboards with granite markers. Carrie McGavock managed the maintenance of the cemetery with African-American workers until her death in 1905. The original cemetery book is on display upstairs in the Carnton great house.
After 1905, the Franklin Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy took over financial responsibility to maintain the cemetery. Today 780 Confederate soldiers’ identities are positively identified, leaving some 558 as officially listed as unknown.
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