Confederate Cemetery

Historical marker location:

1345 Carnton Lane, Franklin, Tennessee

( Memorial is on Carnton Lane, 0.3 miles south of Brandon Drive, on the left when traveling south.)

<-- 0.7 miles.

Tennessee was the last state to secede from the Union during the Civil War. It joined the Confederacy in June 1861, but a significant portion of its population remained loyal to the Union, leading to a bitter and divided conflict within the state.