Battle of Nashville

The Battle of Nashville was a battle of the American Civil War. It was fought on December 15 and 16, 1864.

Battle Of Nashville Media

• Kentucky-Northern Tennessee, 1864.

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  Southern Tennessee-Alabama, 1864.

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  Map of the Franklin–Nashville Campaign*     Confederate*     Union

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  On December 7, 1864, the USS Neosho engaged the Confederate batteries at Bell's Bend. This sketch shows the ironclad moving upstream, firing on the batteries on the north bank.

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  Battle of Nashville, December 15–16, 1864.*     Confederate*     Union

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  Col. Sylvester Hill was killed by Confederate artillery fire from Redoubt No. 2, just as his men overran Confederate Redoubt No. 3 on the Confederate left flank.

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  Federal outer line, December 16, 1864

• Headquarters of Gen. Thomas—The Captured Cannon by Mr. Theodore R. Davis (Harper's Weekly, January 9, 1864)

• Maj. Gen.George H. Thomas, (Commanding)

• Maj. Gen.John Schofield