Battle of Columbia

This article is about the 1864 American Civil War battle in Tennessee. For the Capture of Columbia, South Carolina during the American Civil War, see Capture of Columbia.
Battle of Columbia
Part of the American Civil War

Army commanders Schofield and Hood
DateNovember 24, 1864 (1864-11-24) – November 29, 1864 (1864-11-29)
Location
Maury County, Tennessee
Result Confederate victory[1]
Belligerents
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
John M. Schofield
James H. Wilson		 John Bell Hood
Joseph B. Palmer
Units involved
XXIII Corps
IV Corps		 Army of Tennessee
Strength
28,000[2] 35,000[2]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Columbia was a series of military actions that took place November 24–29, 1864, in Maury County, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. It concluded the movement of Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee from the Tennessee River in northern Alabama to Columbia, Tennessee, and across the Duck River. A Union force under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield skirmished with Hood's cavalry, commanded by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, and fortified a defensive line south of Columbia, but soon withdrew north across the Duck River, abandoning the town. Hood's invasion of Tennessee continued as he attempted to intercept Schofield's retreating army at Spring Hill.

  1. ^ NPS
  2. ^ a b Kennedy, p. 392.