Third Battle of Murfreesboro

December 5–7, 1864 · Murfreesboro

Result Union victory; see battle

Confederate forces under Nathan Bedford Forrest attacked the Union garrison at Murfreesboro during the Franklin–Nashville Campaign. They failed to take the town.

Union

Confederacy

Strength and losses

Strength
8,0008,000
Casualties
225225
Killed
30
Wounded
175
Strength
6,500
Casualties
197