And just a way up the road and across the railroad tracks we last visited the Carnton Plantation, Home of Carrie and John McGavock...which served as the largest Confederate field hospital...blood stains still mar the hardwood floors. Again a house furnished with lovely antiques, very few of which were original to the McGavocks. This family also donated two acres for a cemetery and oversaw the reburial of nearly 1,500 soldiers. Carrie is immortalized in a bestselling book, THE WIDOW OF THE SOUTH...yep, I bought it and will be starting it shortly. We were there with a rather large gathering of elementary students...in period costumes...while scary, they were very well behaved...and actually kind of cute...those little lunch pails...and some creative moms had tried really hard to make 'em look Civil War...ish..was extra nice to remember that I'm out of that business...LOL