✦ History

Part of American Civil War

Franklin–Nashville campaign

September 18 – December 27, 1864 · Georgia

Result Union victory; end of large-scale fighting in the Western Theater

Confederate General John Bell Hood invaded Tennessee to draw Sherman's army away from Georgia. Union forces broke his army at Franklin and Nashville.

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Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
John Schofield military commander George H. Thomas military commander
John Bell Hood military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
c. 7,000
Wounded
4,424

Units

Army of the Cumberland Army of the Ohio 5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment
Army of Tennessee 1st Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion

Battles 1