CPT Theodrick “Tod” Carter (1840-1864)

Civil War Confederate Army officer. A native of Franklin, Tennessee, He enlisted in the 20th Tennessee (CSA) Infantry, being commissioned as a Captain, and served in that regiment for most of the War, fighting at the Battles of Mill Springs, Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, the Atlanta Campaign and ultimately at Franklin. He was captured at Missionary Ridge, but escaped and made his way back to the Army, where he was given a position on the staff of General Thomas Benton Smith. At the November 30, 1864 Battle of Franklin, he was mortally wounded a little more then 500 yards from the home in which he was born 24 years prior, the Carter House. Found by family members after the battle, he would die two days later in his home, which is preserved today in Franklin as a museum. He was also a newspaper columnist, writing reports to several southern newspapers under the pen name of "Mint Julip."

Bio by: LeeWhite