A visitor from Ohio found a Confederate belt buckle while walking through The Carter House garden.
The visitor was visiting the recently marked main Federal line of defense and the historic garden. As the visitor began to walk back toward the secondary Federal line, he noticed something covered with loose dirt. Upon inspection, he realized it was a buckle and almost certainly Confederate.
“The day after a hard rain in Franklin, a visitor approached me about an item he found in The Carter House garden,” said Eric A. Jacobson, Battle of Franklin Trust COO. “He had found what appeared to be a Confederate belt buckle that had surfaced in an area just inside what was the main Federal line during the Battle of Franklin. I soon contacted a trust artifact specialist who confirmed it was a civilian style buckle often used by Confederate troops and that such items are regularly found in long abandoned camps. He added that it was almost certainly a Battle of Franklin relic, especially considering its location.”
The Carter House is managed by the Battle of Franklin Trust and is open for guided tours daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday – Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
For more information, visit www.battleoffranklintrust.org.
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