Hattie McGavock was nine years old . . .
Posted in 1884, Carnton, Carrie McGavock, George Cowan, Hattie McGavock, Robert Hicks, Widow of the South on July 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Hattie was just nine years old as she flagged her mother, Carrie, the evening of November 30, 1864, as Carrie - the Good Samaritan of Franklin - tended the wounded and dying Confederate soldiers at Carnton. Carrie’s story is now immortalized in the blockbuster-selling novel by Robert Hicks, The Widow of the South.
Hattie is buried [...]
