The Battle of Franklin occurred on November 30, 1864. John M. Schofield's Union troops repelled repeated assaults by Confederate forces under Gen. John Bell Hood. The devastating losses sustained helped doom Hood's Army of Tennessee. The site is part of Eastern Flank Battle Park.
Backstory and Context
Hood and approximately 33,000 men attack the Union's outer perimeter. The Confederates were able to break the first layer of defenses but unable to make it any further. At nightfall the Confederates retreat back suffering a heavy casualty rate. Over 6,000 soldier were killed, injured, missing, or captured by the Union. On the other side the Union had over 2,000 soldiers either killed, injured, missing or captured.