(This is a long one!)
This was a big highlight for me... we left the kids at home, reserved the best guide in Franklin Tennessee, Rob Cross, and took a tour of the battle of Franklin. We toured several different areas that saw the battle. It was amazing. Bullet holes still in the walls, blood from the injured still stained into the wood floors. Grave sites and bullets that were recovered. It made it very real. Rob Cross was amazing thrilling us with stories and just his general passion for the subject. He was an amazing tour guide.
Winstead Hill
Carter House
A Sample of listening to Rob Cross
the bullet holes in the barn
Small break for lunch... We stopped at a little place right across the street from the Carter house. For the life of me I cant remember the name of the place.... it had something to do with a hog. :) And since the owners all new Rob Cross we got the whole top floor to ourselves with free games of pool and darts.
Rob Cross's hat
Carnton Plantation
The red flag hanging from the house means that this particular house was used as a hospital. Cameras were not allowed inside the house, unfortunately, this is where there were blood stains all over the upstairs bedroom floors, where the civil war surgeons tried to save Union and Confederate lives.
No I dont have some weird growth on my chest... Kash, of course was too little to stay home so he got to tag along with me in the wrap.
We entered from the back of the house.... this is actually the front.
The kitchen wing, and a lot of the beautiful full grown trees on the property were destroyed during a recent Tornado.
This truly was an amazing experience. It was like being able to step back into history for just a little while. Thanks Mimi and Papa.
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