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.
Centerville
Following three days of engaging Confederate Cavalry numbering about 1,000 men commanded by Col. Jacob Biffle, 250 men of the