From Civil War Interactive, from the May 27, 2014, Nashville Tennesseean "Nearly $3 million deal in place to secure more Civil War land" by Kevin Walters.
Reid Lovell has five ancestors who weer at the Battle of Franklin, near Nashville, on November 30, 1864. On Tuesday, May 27th, Lovell signed a contract to sell 1.6 acres of land adjacent to the focus of the battlefield, the Carter House, for $2.8 million.
Now, Franklin preservationists have a year to secure the money for the deal to go through.
Said Lovell: "We are longtime Franklin people, and we love this community. My family and I have a 150-year relationship with the property (meaning they owned it at the time of the battle.
The land is considered "core battlefield" near where Confederate General Otho Strahl was killed.
Two buildings currently on Lowell's property will be taken down if the money is raised.
Much as I am glad the battlefield is getting the land, that $2.8 million seems like a whole lot of money. Too bad Mr. Lovell didn't offer it for considerably less.
Nice Profit, Though. --Old Secesh
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