| Battle of Spring Hill | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
 Army commanders Schofield and Hood | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States of America |
 Confederate States of America | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| John M. Schofield | John Bell Hood | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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IV Corps XXIII Corps[1] | Army of Tennessee[1] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 7,000[2] | 12,000[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 350 (64 KIA, 281 WIA, ~5 Missing[3] | 500 (~120 KIA, ~350 WIA, 25+ missing)[3] | ||||||
The Battle of Spring Hill was fought November 29, 1864, at Spring Hill, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. The Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood, attacked a Union force under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield as it retreated from Columbia through Spring Hill. Because of a series of command failures, the Confederates were unable to inflict serious damage on the Federals and could not prevent their safe passage north to Franklin during the night. The next day, Hood pursued Schofield and attacked his fortifications in the Battle of Franklin, resulting in severe Confederate casualties.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
cwsacwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Kennedy, p. 395.
- ^ a b Kennedy, p. 395. Jacobson, p. 182, states that losses were not terribly precise, but the combined for both sides was as many as 700, with about 250 lost from Cleburne's division and 400 from Wagner's division.