Third Battle of Murfreesboro

Third Battle of Murfreesboro
Part of the American Civil War
DateDecember 5, 1864 (1864-12-05) – December 7, 1864 (1864-12-07)
Location
Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
United States Lovell H. Rousseau
United States Robert H. Milroy
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Units involved
Murfreesboro Garrison Forrest's Cavalry Corps
Strength
8,000 7,000
Casualties and losses
225 197

The Third Battle of Murfreesboro, also known as Wilkinson Pike or the Cedars, was fought December 5–7, 1864, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War.