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Battle of Franklin

Confederate Commander

Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood

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Forces Engaged: 27,000 - 31,000

Killed: 1,750

Wounded: 3,800

Missing or Captured: 702

Total Casualties: 6,252

Confederate Officers

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Lieut. Gen. Stephen D. Lee

Lieut. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart

Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham

Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne

Maj. Gen. John C. Brown

Maj. Gen. William B. Bate

Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson

Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson

Maj. Gen. Henry D. Clayton, Sr.

Maj. Gen. William W. Loring

Maj. Gen. Samuel G. French

Maj. Gen. Edward C. Walthall

Maj. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest

Brig. Gen. James A. Smith

Brig. Gen. Mark P. Lowry

Brig. Gen. Daniel C. Govan

Brig. Gen. Hiram B. Granbury

Brig. Gen. James A. Smith

Brig. Gen. States Rights Gist

Brig. Gen. John C. Carter

Brig. Gen. Otho F. Strahl

Brig. Gen. George W. Gordon

Brig. Gen. Thomas B. Smith

Brig. Gen. Henry R. Jackson

Brig. Gen. Zachariah C. Deas

Brig. Gen. Arthur M. Menigault

Brig. Gen. Jacob H. Sharp

Brig. Gen. William F. Brantlely

Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus

Brig. Gen. Marcellus A. Stovall

Brig. Gen. Randall L. Gibson

Brig. Gen. James T. Holtzclaw

Brig. Gen. Winfield S. Featherston

Brig. Gen. John Adams

Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Scott

Brig. Gen. Francis M. Cockrell

Brig. Gen. Claudius Sears

Brig. Gen. William A. Quarles

Brig. Gen. George D. Johnston

Brig. Gen. Charles M. Shelley

Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Reynolds

Brig. Gen. James R. Chalmers

Brig. Gen. Abraham Buford

Brig. Gen. William H. Jackson

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Confederate Order of Battle

Cheatham's Corps & Lee's Corps

Stewart's Corps & Cavalry Corps

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Confederate Official Records

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November 30, 1864

Franklin, Tennessee

Both Sides Claimed Victory

Union Troops Retreated to Nashville

Part of Franklin-Nashville Campaign

Forces Engaged: 27,000

Killed: 189

Wounded: 1,033

Missing or Captured: 1,104

Total Casualties: 2,326

Union Officers

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Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson

Brig. Gen. Nathan Kimball

Brig. Gen. Walter C. Whitaker

Brig. Gen. William Grose

Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner

Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood

Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox

Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger

Brig. Gen. James W. Reilly

Brig. Gen. Edward M. McCook

Brig. Gen. John T. Croxton

Brig. Gen. Edward Hatch

Brig. Gen. Richard W. Johnson

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Union Order of Battle

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Union Official Records

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McMurray, Richard M. "Franklin and Nashville Campaign."  Current, Richard N., Ed. Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. New

          York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. p 632-636

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          p 425-437

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          p 101-108

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------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.

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