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Battle of Nashville
 For
two weeks prior to the December 15-16, 1864 Battle of Nashville,
Travellers Rest was used by Confederate General John Bell Hood as
his Army of Tennessee headquarters. After the devastating defeat
at Franklin on November 30, Hood resorted to entrenching south of
town. His 22,000-man army constructed a series of redoubts along
his left flank. Then, on December 15, following a week of bad
weather, Union General George Thomas, commanding 55,000 men,
attacked Hood’s line, sweeping west to east and pushing the Army
of Tennessee back two miles.
 The
next day Thomas attacked again. At Peach Orchard Hill, located on
the Overton plantation, several regiments of United States Colored
Troops were repulsed by an entrenched Confederate position. One
regiment lost 5 color bearers. That did not deter the Union
advance at Shy’s Hill on the Confederate left. At 4 o’clock in
the afternoon, the overwhelming Federal attack sent the
Confederates in full retreat south. Southern casualties numbered
6000, the Union, 3000.
George H.
Thomas
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