BATTLEFIELD ASSESSMENT

Franklin

November 30, 1864

Williamson

On November 30, 1864 the Confederate Army of Tennessee commanded by Lieut. General John Bell Hood attacked the Union Army of the Ohio under the command of Maj. Gen. John Schofield at Franklin, Tennessee. After repulsing numerous frontal assaults on the Union fortified position Schofield was able to conduct an orderly withdrawal of his army to Nashville.

HISTORICAL THEMES

This engagement is one of 38 sites evaluated by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission and not subject to a TCWPA Battlefield Assessment

PRESERVATION OPPORTUNITY INDEX

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SITE DETAILS

County

Williamson

Date

November 30, 1864

Preservation Opportunity

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Confederate Units

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Union Units

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