Captain Theodrick (Tod) Carter

Born at the Carter House on March 24, 1840, Theodrick "Tod" Carter was educated at Harpeth Academy, became an attorney-at-law and a Master Mason, enlisted in Company H of the 20th Tennessee Infantry on May 1, 1862, was appointed assistant quartermaster on October 24, 1862, and also served as a war correspondent for the Chattanooga Daily Rebel under the name "Mint Julip." He took part in most battles of the Army of Tennessee, was captured at Chattanooga on November 25, 1863, escaped from a prison train in Pennsylvania in February 1864, returned to the army in March 1864 for the Atlanta and Tennessee campaigns, and was mortally wounded 200 yards southwest of his home on November 30, 1864, in the Battle of Franklin before dying at the Carter House on December 2, 1864.

Franklin, Tennessee · United States