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The Battle of Nashville occurred over two days. It was December 15 and 16, 1864. It ended when Lt.General John Bell Hood of the Confederate Army of Tennessee retreated.
he opted to take a defendsive stance and await a union attack
John Bell Hood - a bad appointment that led to disaster in the Battle Of Nashville, where his army was driven off in a rout, and disintegrated.
The Battle of Nashville was the Civil War battle in which Union General George Thomas smashed the remnant of the Confederate Army of Tennessee led by Gen. John Bell Hood. This allowed Gen. Sherman to complete his "March to the Sea" essentially unharried by the Confederate army, and ended the war in the Western Theater. See related link for more information