点评:This is one of the best tours you can take in Franklin, as the full stories of the people who lived here, the slaves who worked here, and the soldiers who fought here are told in great detail. I've been to Carnton many years before, and I must say while the history hasn't changed, the way it is interpreted, and presented certainly have changed in a positive way.
This was one of the premier plantations in middle Tennessee prior to the Civil War. You'll hear the stories of the McGavock family, as well as the enslaved people they owned. You'll hear how it was for people of the era to purchase other human beings, and split a family up in a sad, but casual-for-the-time way. And you'll hear the tragedy and horror of war, as the home wound up a part of one of the most vicious battles of the Civil War at Franklin, on Nov. 30, 1864.
Among the things you'll see are personal family items, an unusual two-story slave quarters building, and blood stains on the bedroom floors from where surgeries were performed after the battle.
All of this is told in rather vivid detail, and not just a by-the-numbers approach. What helps now are the well-knowledged tour guides who want you to experience both the home, and lives of those who invested parts of their lives here.
The grounds contain a garden, a family cemetery, a slave cemetery, and a two-acre Confederate soldier cemetery, containing the remains of over 1,400 Confederate soldiers killed in the Franklin battle. (U.S. soldiers were buried mainly at the Stones River National Cemetery, about 30 miles east.), the two-story slave quarters, and more.
You actually enter the home from the rear, so don't miss the opposite side view, and walk the historic entrance pathway. Also, you drive through what is called the Eastern Flank Battlefield in order to get to Carnton. This is the largest intact section of the 1864 battle left. Confederate soldiers from Carnton marched through these fields on their way to do battle at Franklin.
It's a grand historical experience on multiple levels, and I highly recommend it.
(This home is availabe for a combo ticket with two others historic Franklin homes - the Carter House, and Lotz House. All three are interconnected by the battle of Franklin, and you can get a discount for a two- or three-house ticket available at any of the three locations.)
翻译:这是您在富兰克林可以参加的最佳旅行之一,因为这里生活过的人、在这里工作的奴隶和在这里战斗过的士兵的故事都被详细地讲述了出来。我多年前去过卡顿,我必须说,虽然历史没有改变,但对历史的解读和呈现方式肯定发生了积极的变化。
这是内战前田纳西州中部首屈一指的种植园之一。您将听到麦格沃克家族以及他们拥有的奴隶的故事。您将听到那个时代的人们如何购买其他人,并以一种悲伤但在当时很随意的方式拆散一个家庭。 1864 年 11 月 30 日,这座房子成为富兰克林内战中最惨烈的战役之一。您将听到战争的悲剧和恐怖。
您将看到的东西包括个人家庭物品、一栋不寻常的两层奴隶宿舍建筑,以及卧室地板上的血迹,这些血迹是战后进行手术留下的。
所有这些都以相当生动的细节讲述,而不仅仅是按数字讲述。现在有帮助的是知识渊博的导游,他们希望您体验这座房子,以及那些在这里度过部分人生的人的生活。
场地内有一个花园、一个家庭墓地、一个奴隶墓地和一个两英亩的南方邦联士兵墓地,里面埋葬着 1,400 多名在富兰克林战役中阵亡的南方邦联士兵的遗体。 (美国士兵主要被埋葬在约 30 英里以东的 Stones River 国家公墓)、两层奴隶宿舍等等。
您实际上是从后面进入房屋的,所以不要错过对面的景色,并沿着历史悠久的入口通道行走。此外,您还要开车穿过所谓的东翼战场才能到达卡顿。这是 1864 年战役中最大的完整部分。来自卡顿的南方邦联士兵在前往富兰克林参战的途中穿过这些战场。
这是一次多层次的盛大历史体验,我强烈推荐。
(这所房子可以与另外两所历史悠久的富兰克林房屋 - 卡特之家和洛茨之家一起购买组合票。这三所房子都通过富兰克林战役相互连接,您可以在这三个地点中的任何一个获得两间或三间房子的折扣票。)