Title: The widow of the south
Description: A story based on the true experiences of a Civil War heroine finds Carrie McGavock witnessing the bloodshed of the Battle of Franklin, falling in love with a wounded man, and dedicating her home as a burial site for fallen soldiers.
Subjects: Casualties, Plantation life, Fiction, Cemeteries, Franklin, Battle of, Franklin, Tenn., 1864, Plantation owners' spouses, Hospitals, History, Fiction, war & military, Tennessee, fiction
Places: Tennessee, Williamson County (Tenn.)
People: Caroline E. Winder McGavock (1829-1905)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865