Franklin-Nashville Campaign

The Franklin-Nashville Campaign, also known as Hood's Tennessee Campaign, was a series of battles fought in the fall of 1864 in Alabama, Tennessee, and northwestern Georgia during the American Civil War. The Confederate Army of Tennessee under General John Bell Hood drove north from Atlanta, threatening William T. Sherman's lines of communications and central Tennessee, but Union forces under General George H. Thomas defeated Hood decisively at Nashville, Tennessee.

Aftermath

The Union army set off in pursuit of Hood. The rainy weather became an ally to the Confederates, delaying the Union cavalry pursuit, and Forrest was able to rejoin Hood on December 18, screening the retreating force. The pursuit continued until the beaten and battered Army of Tennessee recrossed the Tennessee River on December 25.

Related Topics:
December 18 - December 25

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Hood?s army was stalled at Columbia, beaten at Franklin, and routed at Nashville. Hood retreated to Tupelo, Mississippi, and resigned his command on January 13, 1865. Forrest returned to Mississippi, but in 1865 he was driven into Alabama by James H. Wilson, and his command became dissipated and ineffective.

Related Topics:
Tupelo, Mississippi - January 13 - 1865 - James H. Wilson

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By the time of Hood's defeat in Nashville, Sherman's army had advanced to the outskirts of Savannah, which they would capture just before Christmas. Five thousand men from the Army of Tennessee were later employed under Joseph E. Johnston against Sherman in South Carolina, but to no avail.

Related Topics:
Christmas - Joseph E. Johnston - South Carolina

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The Franklin-Nashville Campaign was the final significant action in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

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