Battle of Decatur

October 26–29, 1864 · Decatur

Result Union victory

John Bell Hood's Confederate army tested the Union garrison at Decatur, Alabama, during the Franklin–Nashville Campaign. Hood could not take the town and moved on to cross the Tennessee River elsewhere.

Union

Confederacy

Strength and losses

Strength
3,000–5,0005,000
Casualties
155155
Killed
10
Wounded
45
Missing
100
Casualties
450