Battle of Anthony's Hill

Battle of Anthony's Hill
Part of the American Civil War
Date December 25, 1864 (1864-12-25) Location Giles County, Tennessee 35°08′10″N 87°06′25″W / 35.13605°N 87.10699°W / 35.13605; -87.10699 Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
James H. Wilson	Nathan Bedford Forrest
Strength
1,000	4,000
Casualties and losses
3 killed, 18 wounded, 5 missing[1]	Unknown

The Battle of Anthony's Hill (also known as the Battle of King's Hill^[1] or the Battle of Devil's Gap) was an engagement that occurred December 25, 1864, in Tennessee during the American Civil War between combined Confederate cavalry and infantry units commanded by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and Union forces commanded by Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson. The battle was a part of the Franklin–Nashville Campaign.

General Forrest had been assigned by Lt. General John B. Hood to the command of the rear guard of the Army of Tennessee, which was in flight following the military disaster experienced at the Battle of Nashville on December 15–16, 1864. After evacuating Pulaski, Tennessee, on the evening of December 24, Forrest was confronted with the problem of slowing Wilson's aggressive pursuit enough so that the Confederate army could complete the final 40 mi (64 km) of its retreat to the Tennessee River.^[2]