John Bell Hood was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. In the Battle of Nashville during December 1864 he was defeated by Union Major General George H. Thomas.
Franklin, Tennessee, November 30th, 1864.
John Bell Hood was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. In the Battle of Nashville during December 1864 he was defeated by Union Major General George H. Thomas.
This one sounds like a telegram - and could be taken either way. John Hood and the Army of Tennessee were completely routed at Nashville by George Thomas and the Army of the Cumberland. Thomas (US) defeated Hood (CS) on Dec. 15-16, 1864 at the Battle of Nashville.
Major General George H. Thomas
The Battle of Nashville was fought at Nashville, Tennessee, on December 15-16, 1864, between the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Lieutenant General John Bell Hood and Federal forces under Major General George H. Thomas. The Union Army routed Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee destroying it as an effective fighting force.
Certainly not. He led the Army of Tennessee in the only complete rout that a Confederate army ever suffered. Nashville had been strongly fortified over many months by George Thomas. Hood's army had no hope of achieving anything there.
The Titans played the Bengals twice in 1998, still under the name Oilers. The Tennessee Oilers (Titans) defeated the Bengals in Cincinnati 23-14, then crushed the Bengals in Nashville 44-14.
That's the Battle of Franklin . The Confederates weren't retreating, they were advancing. What they didn't realize was that Schofield was making a tactical retreat, in order to link up with George Thomas in Nashville, and had no wish to make a stand at Franklin. The battle was unnecessary.
George Thomas
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John Bell Hood was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He led the Army of Tennessee in 1864. In the Battle of Nashville during December 1864, General Hood and the Army of Tennessee were defeated by Union forces led by Major General George H. Thomas.