The Army of Tennessee was virtually destroyed by Thomas's
deliberate attack against Hood's content troops. Approximately 6,000 Confederate
soldiers have been killed or wounded in the battle of Nashville. Thomas's company of 55,000 soldiers lost just 3,061 fatalities. The Confederates ran from Union soldiers for ten days, halting only to gasp until they reached Alabama and crossed the Tennessee River. They were ultimately resurrected in Tupelo, Mississippi, with just about a fraction of the
soldiers who had battled in Nashville. Hood resigned his leadership in humiliation. For the Union, Thomas' success allowed Sherman to concentrate entirely on torching the Georgia farmland. The Union was closest than ever to ending the battle, thanks to a secured Tennessee and a broken Confederate force.
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The Battle of Nashville was a 2-day fight in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the
American Civil War that marked the conclusion of sizable warfare west of the coastal regions. The battle took place on December 15–16, 1864, in Nashville, Tennessee, among the Confederate Army of Tennessee as well as the Union Soldiers of the Cumberland (Department. of the Cumbria) commanded Major General George H. Thomas. From one of the Allied Force's most significant wins throughout the
battle, Thomas assaulted and destroyed Hood's force, effectively eliminating it as a
professional army.
