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Battle of Spring Hill

By Martin Kelly, About.com

Dates:

April 6-7, 1862

Other Names:

None

Location:

Spring Hill, Tennessee

Key Individuals Involved in the Battle of Spring Hill:

Union: Major General John M. Schofield
Confederate: General John Bell Hood

Outcome:

Confederate Victory. casualties unknown

Overview of the Battle :

Spring Hill was the prelude to the Battle of Franklin. On the night of November 28, 1864, Gen. John Bell Hood’s Army of Tennessee marched toward Spring Hill to get astride Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield’s Union army’s life line. Cavalry skirmishing between Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson’s Union cavalry and Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederate troopers continued throughout the day as the Confederates advanced. On November 29, Hood’s infantry crossed Duck River and converged on Spring Hill. In the meantime, Maj. Gen. Schofield reinforced the troops holding the crossroads at Spring Hill. In late afternoon, the Federals repulsed a piecemeal Confederate infantry attack. During the night, the rest of Schofield’s command passed from Columbia through Spring Hill to Franklin. This was, perhaps, Hood’s best chance to isolate and defeat the Union army. The engagement has been described as “one of the most controversial non-fighting events of the entire war."
Source: CWSAC Battle Summaries

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