Nashville, Battle of

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NASHVILLE, BATTLE OF

NASHVILLE, BATTLE OF. The Battle of Nashville (15–16 December 1864) was a dramatic winter conflict in which Gen. George H. Thomas, with a hastily organized army of heterogeneous troops, moved out of Nashville and fell upon the Confederate forces of Gen. John B. Hood. On the first day the Confederates were pushed back. On the following day, while feinting and holding on his left wing, Thomas pressed forward on his right and drove the Confederates in disorderly retreat from the battlefield. Sometimes described as exemplifying perfect tactics, Thomas's victory freed Tennessee of organized Confederate forces and marked the end of Hood's Tennessee campaign.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Hay, Thomas Robson. Hood's Tennessee Campaign. Dayton, Ohio: Morningside Bookshop, 1976.

Sword, Wiley. Embrace an Angry Wind: The Confederacy's Last Hurrah. New York: HarperCollins, 1991.

Alfred P.James/a. r.

See alsoCivil War ; Hood's Tennessee Campaign ; Tennessee, Army of .

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