On November 29, 1864 the Confederate Army of Tennessee (Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood) crossed the Duck River and attacked the IV and XXIII Corps (Maj. Gen. John Schofield) at Spring Hill. Hood’s strategy to outflank Schofield’s position and lines of supply failed before the Union forces could successfully withdraw and form a defensive line in Franklin.
Anderson’s Cross Roads
On October 2, Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler led a Confederate raiding party of 1300 troopers into the Sequatchie Valley. At