Battle of Nashville

Battle of Nashville
	Part of the American Civil War
	; 3rd brigade, 1st division of the XVI Corps attacking the Rebel line, published in Harper's Weekly
Date	December 15–16, 1864
Location	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.36.0881°N 86.8098°W
Result	Union victory End of the Army of Tennessee as an effective fighting force;
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
George H. Thomas	John Bell Hood
Units involved
Army of the Cumberland (Dept. of the Cumberland): IV Corps; XXIII Corps; Detachment of Army of the Tennessee; District of the Etowah; Cavalry Corps;	Army of Tennessee
Strength
55,000	22,000–30,000
Casualties and losses
3,061; (387 killed; 2,558 wounded; 112 missing/captured)	~6,000; (1,500 killed/wounded; 4,500 missing/captured, several batteries captured by Union forces)

The Battle of Nashville was a two-day battle in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign that represented the end of large-scale fighting west of the coastal states in the American Civil War. It was fought at Nashville, Tennessee, on December 15–16, 1864, between the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Lieutenant General John Bell Hood and the Union Army of the Cumberland (Dept. of the Cumberland) (AoC) under Major General George H. Thomas. In one of the largest victories achieved by the Union Army during the war, Thomas attacked and routed Hood's army, largely destroying it as an effective fighting force.

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