December 15, 1864
THE BATTLE OF NASHVILLE BEGINS
Hood's forces arrived in the city on December 2 in hopes of forcing Union armies under General William Tecumseh Sherman out of Georgia.
Initial reports say that Union forces attacked the right, the left & the center of Hood's positions.
An attack on the Confederate right was slowed by Rebel artillery fire, but US forces on the left were able to attack 5 enemy redoubts.
Meanwhile, the Union IV Corps made a frontal assault on the left of the Confederate line.
By day's end, the Reb's left flank had been captured.
The battle is expected to continue tomorrow.*
*The 2 day Battle of Nashville ended with a Union victory as Hood's forces were forced to retreat to Tupelo, Mississippi where Hood resigned his command.
Battle of Nashville Monument
Photo by John Bruce Allyn (2007)