Battle of Spring Hill Facts

Date

• November 29, 1864

Location

• Maury County, near the town of Spring Hill, Tennessee

Campaign

• Franklin-Nashville Campaign

Principal Union Commanders

• Major General John M. Schofield

Principal Confederate Commanders

• Lieutenant General John Bell Hood

Union Forces Engaged

• Army of the Ohio (4th and 23rd Army Corps)

Confederate Forces Engaged

• Army of Tennessee

Number of Union Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 28,000

Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 35,000

Estimated Union Casualties

• 350 (killed, wounded, captured/missing)

Estimated Confederate Casualties

• 500 (killed, wounded, captured/missing)

Result

• Union victory

Timeline of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign

These are the main battles and events of the Frankin-Nashville Campaign in order.

• November 24–28, 1864 — Battle of Columbia
• November 29, 1864 — Battle of Spring Hill
• November 30, 1864 — Battle of Franklin
• December 15–16, 1864 — Battle of Nashville