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used as the command headquarters for the bloody Battle of Franklin in 1864. Today you can tour the house and battlefield, where you can see traces of more than 1000 bullet holes. Nearby Carnton Plantation, a white-columned brick manse, became the field hospital for scores of wounded Confederate soldiers. Take a guided tour of the house and see the rows of graves in the Civil War cemetery. From Nashville, take I-65 South towards Huntsville and take exit 65 to Hwy 96 for Franklin/Murfreesboro. Continue on Murfreesboro Rd into downtown.

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Behind the Scenes

THIS BOOK

This guidebook was commissioned in Lonely Planet’s Oakland office, and produced by the following:

Product Development Manager & Commissioning Editor Heather Dickson

Coordinating Editor Dianne Schallmeiner

Coordinating Cartographer Andrew Smith

Coordinating Layout Designer David Kemp

Managing Editor Geoff Howard

Managing Cartographer Alison Lyall

Managing Layout Designer Celia Wood

Assisting Editors Simone Egger, Charlotte Harrison, Anne Mulvaney, Diana Saad

Assisting Cartographers Pablo Gastar, Margie Jung, Sophie Reed

Series Designer James Hardy

Cover Designers Gerilyn Attebery, Jennifer Mullins

Project Managers Chris Girdler, Craig Kilburn

Thanks to Imogen Bannister, Yvonne Bischofberger, David Burnett, David Carroll, Jay Cooke, Catherine Craddock, Laura Crawford, Owen Eszeki, Jennye Garibaldi, Suki Gear, Mark Germanchis, Michelle Glynn, Brice Gosnell, Martin Heng, Liz Heynes, Lauren Hunt, Laura Jane, John Mazzocchi, Darren O’Connell, Paul Piaia, Kirsten Rawlings, Averil Robertson, Julie Sheridan, Glenn van der Knijff, Jeanette Wall

THANKS

Alex Leviton A special thanks to travel companions Matt Reagan and Len ‘Il Muffino’ Amaral. Thanks to friends and helpers along the way: Wit Tuttell, Jennifer Francioni, Theresa Watts, Marc Rapport, Rah Bickley and John O’Brien, Molly Matlock, Todd Mason, Diana Bello and my neighbors at the Bullington Warehouse, Alison Satake and Mike Polito, and Dave Barnes. Thanks to the Lonely Planet team: Heather Dickson, Dianne Schallmeiner, Andrew Smith and Charlotte Harrison.

Emily Matchar Thanks to Dixie Hibbs and Philip Grymes for their excellent advice, and to all the local experts who added their voices along the way. Thanks to Alex Leviton, Heather Dickson and Jay Cooke at Lonely Planet, and to Jamin Asay for being my human thesaurus and co-barbecue taster.

Kevin Raub Thanks to Georgia, whom I miss dearly. My wife, Adriana Schmidt. At Lonely Planet, Jay Cooke, Heather Dickson and Alex Leviton. Along the way: Kelly Norris, Beth Parker, Hannah Smith, Edith Parten, Patrick Saylor, Emily Saliers, Scott Peacock, John T Edge, Stefanie Paupeck, Jason and Jennifer Hatfield, Dave Corbett, Jeff Richard, Erica Bacchus, Carey Ferrara, Harriet Sharer, Mary Wallace, Steve Klein, Brian Jones, Brian Casey, Paul Butchert, Susann Hamlin and Amber Moore.

Adam Skolnick Thanks to Jordan Johnson at CJRW, Vicki at Little Rock Tourism, Grace Wilson at New Orleans Convention & Visitors’ Bureau, Mike Mills of the Buffalo Outdoor Center, Caroline, Kelly and the guys at Shack Up Inn, Red, Semmes, Steve Martin at Tourism Mississippi, Lani at Monmouth in Natchez, Keith, Melissa and crew at Under the Hill. Thanks also to Alex Leviton, Heather Dickson, Kevin Raub, Emily Matchar and the Lonely Planet production team.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Many thanks to the following for the use of their content:

Internal photographs Steve Bly/Alamy; Charles O Cecil/Alamy; Danita Delimont/Alamy; Thomas R Fletcher/Alamy; M Timothy O’Keefe/Alamy; Bob Pardue - SC/Alamy; RagApple Lassie Wines; Martin Shields/Alamy; H Mark Weidman Photography/Alamy. All other photographs by Lonely Planet Images, and by Jerry Alexander; Richard Cummins; John Elk III; Lee Foster; Richard I’Anson; Lou Jones; Ray Laskowitz; John Neubauer; Carol Polich.

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