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Civil War Tour: Exploring Historic Franklin Battle Sites
4.7
416 Ratings
Nashville
Experience the intensity of the American Civil War on a tour of historic Franklin battle sites. Visit the Carter House, Lotz House, and Carnton to learn about the war’s dark history and see bullet holes and blood stains that still remain.
Experience the intensity of the American Civil War on a tour of historic Franklin battle sites. Visit the Carter House, Lotz House, and Carnton to learn about the war’s dark history and see bullet holes and blood stains that still remain.
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Gray Line Tours - You’ll be picked up from your Nashville hotel in the morning and taken by comfortable coach to Franklin, a nearby city that played a key role in the American Civil War.\n\nVisit sites near where the Union and Confederate armies fought and hear stories from your knowledgeable guide about the Battle of Franklin, fought on November 30, 1864 and known by many as the five bloodiest hours of the Civil War.
- Gray Line Tours - You’ll be picked up from your Nashville hotel in the morning and taken by comfortable coach to Franklin, a nearby city that played a key role in the American Civil War.\n\nVisit sites near where the Union and Confederate armies fought and hear stories from your knowledgeable guide about the Battle of Franklin, fought on November 30, 1864 and known by many as the five bloodiest hours of the Civil War.
What's Included
- 7-Hour Guided Civil War & History Day Tour from Nashville
- Round-Trip Transportation from Nashville Aboard Air-Conditioned Shuttle
- Admission to Carnton Plantation, Lotz House, and Carter House
- In-depth storytelling about The Battle of Franklin’s crucial moments
- Free time in historic Franklin for shopping, dining, and sightseeing
- 7-Hour Guided Civil War & History Day Tour from Nashville
- Round-Trip Transportation from Nashville Aboard Air-Conditioned Shuttle
- Admission to Carnton Plantation, Lotz House, and Carter House
- In-depth storytelling about The Battle of Franklin’s crucial moments
- Free time in historic Franklin for shopping, dining, and sightseeing
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Lunch (Lunch is on your own in downtown Franklin)
- Gratuities
- Lunch (Lunch is on your own in downtown Franklin)
Additional Information
Explore the gruesome events of the American Civil War on this trip from Nashville to Franklin, where the well-known Battle of Franklin took place in 1864. Acquire knowledge about the war’s bleak past from your informed guide as you explore the Carter House and Lotz House, both of which still exhibit bullet marks and blood stains. You’ll also journey…
Explore the gruesome events of the American Civil War on this trip from Nashville to Franklin, where the well-known Battle of Franklin took place in 1864. Acquire knowledge about the war’s bleak past from your informed guide as you explore the Carter House and Lotz House, both of which still exhibit bullet marks and blood stains. You’ll also journey through the Carnton and come to understand its involvement during and following the conflict, when it evolved into the nation’s biggest private Confederate cemetery.
- Lunch on your own in downtown Franklin.
- Accessibility: ADA-compliant vehicles are available for most tours if you provide us with a 48-hour notice. After scheduling your tour, please contact our Dispatch Office to confirm availability.
Location
108 1st Ave S
1st Avenue South
Tours depart from: Gray Line Ticket Booth at the Riverfront Train Station, 108 1st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37201 (off 1st Ave S, across from Acme Feed & Seed). Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to tour start time.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Alexkatpac
Oct 11, 2024
History a short ride form downtown Nashville - Very enjoyable day. Our guide with Grey Line tours was extremely knowledgeable not only about the history of the site but surrounding area as well. He was able to point out sites of interest during our ride. The tour guides at each home were also very knowledgeable and made the tour interesting. Transportation was clean and comfortable. Highly recommend this tour.
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Kathy_y
Oct 9, 2024
Great history - The history of the these houses is amazing. All the tour guides were very informative. I had no problem visualizing the past.
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Julie_w
Oct 9, 2024
Good historical tour. - A very educational and insightful tour. Our guide, Roger, shared lots of information about the area and you could tell he was a passionate local. The house tours were great, although the man at Carter House could have shortened his battle reenactment. I would have like more than an hour for lunch in Franklin. Overall, I’d highly recommend this tour.
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N974dzfrana
Oct 4, 2024
Wonderful, informative tour - We did the tour on Oct 3 with Julie as our guide…she was absolutely amazing…such a nice person and so knowledgeable…the sites were very interesting and the site guides were excellent…so happy we took this tour and I highly recommend it…thank you
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Tina
Oct 4, 2024
Amazing! Must do in Nashville - Jules was an amazing tour guide. She started out the trip enthusiastic and fun and the day ended on the same note. All three historical sites had incredible guides which provided glimpses into history as well as ensuring we understood the human factor and the challenges families faced during the war.
The town of Franklin was a nice mid point-very quaint and lots of good food and shopping.
We had an incredible day and highly recommend this trip.
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Tinasp2579jd
Oct 3, 2024
Loved the tour - Wonderful tour our guide was Will very well informed with the history of the family and the battle that took place in Franklin definitely a tour to do.
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Christopher_w
Sep 21, 2024
Great way to spend the day - Our driver Julie was awesome !Definitely recommend to anyone ! If you want to get off Broadway for a day this was great learning experience !
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Jesse_d
Sep 20, 2024
Jules is a jewel. - Super fun tour guide. Knowledgeable Civil War experts a long day, but I don’t know what you could do to make it better.
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Abigail_a
Sep 20, 2024
If you can drive into Franklin yourself, you should - The people at each respective house were detailed, lively, and respectfully informative and tasteful. They did a fantastic job and each place was very welcoming and great. I would 100% recommend going to each place. However, the grey line tour seemed pretty unnecessary in retrospect, the tour guide didn’t provide any worthwhile input aside from being a bus driver, which I guess is kind of the point. But the guides personal opinions and the tour mates were fairly alienating if you weren’t aligned with them. If you can drive yourself to each individual place, they’re all still very close, and you can go to each house and pay for a tour separately and take your own pace at it (which some groups did, there were people in our house tours that were not with grey line, and they probably had a more intimate enjoyable time). The bus portion was honestly just opinionated public transit and didn’t offer any extra value to the trip. But again, I highly highly highly recommend the house tours, the guides there each were very good. A blonde woman at the carnton house, an older man at the Carter house, and very enthusiastic personable gentleman who volunteered at the lotz house. Sorry I didn’t catch the names. But even the office representatives at the houses were great. Our greyline guide wasn’t bad by any means, they were nice, but didn’t add any value, and added a little too much of their personal opinions at times.
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Cindy_j
Sep 13, 2024
Worthwhile tour; very interesting - The Tour driver was very nice. Could have a few more Nashville/Franklin information bits for on the ride there and back. We toured Carnton, Carter and Lotz in that order. Would be better to do them in the opposite order so there is more time at Carnton at the end.
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