Battle of Nashville
Major battle of the American Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Nashville was a two-day battle in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign[3][4] that represented the end of large-scale fighting west of the coastal states in the American Civil War. It was fought at Nashville, Tennessee, on December 15–16, 1864, between the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Lieutenant General John Bell Hood and the Union Army of the Cumberland (Dept. of the Cumberland) (AoC) under Major General George H. Thomas. In one of the largest victories achieved by the Union Army during the war, Thomas attacked and routed Hood's army, largely destroying it as an effective fighting force.[5][note 2]
Battle of Nashville | |||||||
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Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
3rd brigade, 1st division of the XVI Corps attacking the Rebel line, published in Harper's Weekly | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States (Union) | CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
George H. Thomas | John Bell Hood | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Army of the Cumberland (Dept. of the Cumberland):
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Strength | |||||||
55,000[1] | 22,000[2]–30,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3,061 (387 killed 2,558 wounded 112 missing/captured)[1] |
~6,000 (1,500 killed/wounded 4,500 missing/captured, several batteries captured by Union forces)[1] |