Carter, John Carpenter

Life Span
to
Full name
John Carpenter Carter
Place of Birth
Waynesborough, GA
Burial Place
Columbia, TN
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Education
University of Virginia
Other
Other Education
Cumberland University, TN
Occupation
Military
Attorney or Judge
Educator
Military
Confederate Army
Date Event
Outside Franklin, Tennessee, Confederate General Hood wins a tactical victory but decimates his army
Six Confederate generals die in a few hours, leading their troops at the Battle of Franklin
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