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Battle of Nashville

Confederate Commander

Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood

Forces Engaged: 22,000 - 30,000

Killed or Wounded: 1,500

Captured or Missing: 4,500

Total Casualties: approx. 6,000

Confederate Officers

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Lieut. Gen. Stephen D. Lee

Lieut. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart

Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatman

Maj. Gen. William B. Bate

Maj. Gen. John W. Johnston

Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson

Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson

Maj. Gen. Henry D. Clayton

Maj. Gen. William W. Loring

Maj. Gen. Edward C. Walthall

Brig. Gen. Mark P. Lowrey

Brig. Gen. James A. Smith

Brig. Gen. Daniel C. Govan

Brig. Gen. Henry R. Jackson

Brig. Gen. Zachariah C. Deas

Brig. Gen. Jacob N. Sharp

Brig. Gen. William F. Brantley

Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus

Brig. Gen. Marcellus A. Stovall

Brig. Gen. James T. Holtzclaw

Brig. Gen. Randall L. Gibson

Brig. Gen. Winfield S. Featherston

Brig. Gen. Claudius W. Sears

Brig. Gen. George D. Johnston

Brig. Gen. Charles M. Shelley

Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Reynolds

Brig. Gen. James R. Chalmers

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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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December 15-16, 1864

Nashville, Tennessee

Union Victory

Part of Franklin-Nashville Campaign

This is the end of the Army of Tennessee as an effective fighting force.

Forces Engaged: 55,000

Killed: 387

Wounded: 2,558

Missing or Captured: 112

Total Casualties: 3,061

Union Officers

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Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield

Maj. Gen. Darius N. Couch

Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith

Maj. Gen. James B. Steedman

Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson

Brig. Gen. William D. Whipple

Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood

Brig. Gen. Nathan Kimball

Brig. Gen. Walter C. Whitaker

Brig. Gen. William Grose

Brig. Gen. Washington Lafayette Elliott

Brig. Gen. Samuel Beatty

Brig. Gen. Joseph  A. Cooper

Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox

Brig. Gen. John McArthur

Brig. Gen. Kenner Garrard

Brig. Gen. James B. Steedman

Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft

Brig. Gen. John F. Miller

Brig. Gen. James L. Donaldson

Brig. Gen. John T. Croxton

Brig. Gen. Edward Hatch

Brig. Gen. Richard W. Johnson

Brig. Gen. Joseph F. Knipe 

Brig. Gen. John H. Hammond

Lieut. Commander LeRoy Fitch

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Union Order of Battle

IV Corps   XXIII Corps

Detachment, Army of the Tennessee, Provisional Detachment (District of Etowah), Cavalry Corps

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Union Naval Order of Battle

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Union Official Records

Records 1 through 93

Records 94 through 204

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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 579-582

Cox, Jacob D. The March to the Sea Franklin and Nashville. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1881-1883. rpt. National

          Historical Society, 2009. p 109-138

Davis, George B, Leslie J. Perry and Joseph W. Kirkley, Sr. eds. The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War. Washington:

          Government Printing Press, 1891-1895. rpt. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2003. Plates 72-2, 73-1,2, 114-1,2,3, 124-1,2

Foote, Shelby. Red River to Appomattox The Civil War A Narrative 1 of 3. New York: Vintage Books, 1986 p 674-710

Harper's Weekly Journal of Civilization. awb.com Applewood Books, Inc. 2002.

McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom The Civil War Era. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. p 813-815

Nevin, David. "Sherman's March Atlanta to the Sea" The Civil War. Volume 24 of 27. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1986.

          p 126-144

Porter, James D. TennesseeConfederate Military History Volume VIII of XII. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing, 1899. rpt.

          National Historical Society, 2008. p 143-179

Stone, Henry. "Repelling Hood's Invasion of Tennessee." Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel. Battles and

          Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Volume IV-Part II. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt. National Historical

          Society, 2012. p 440-464

Swinton, William. Decisive Battles of the Civil War. New York: Promotory Press, 1986. p 426-477

"The Opposing Forces at Nashville, Dec 15-16, 1864." Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel. Battles and

          Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Volume IV-Part II. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt. National Historical

          Society, 2012. p 472-474

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. 

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

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