The United Daughters of the Confederacy will host a memorial service at McGavock Confederate Cemetry, 2p.m. CST in Franklin, Tennessee.
The McGavock Confederate Cemetery is the largest privately held Confederate cemetery in the United States. It is located in Franklin, Tennessee. The nearly 1,500 Confederate soldiers buried there were casualties during the Battle of Franklin that took place November 30, 1864. 780 of the soldiers’ identities are known today, leaving 558 as unknown but not forgotten.
