NASHVILLE, BATTLE OF. After the battle of Franklin, Nov. 30,•1864, between Hood and Schofield, the hitter withdrew to Nashville, which he reached the next day, taking up his position on the heights about the city. Before Hood had established his lines s. of Nashville on the 4th, Thomas had been re-enforced by Morgan's division from Chattanooga, by Steedman's command of 5,000 men, by A. J. Smith's from Missouri, and by additional recruits, so as to be about equal to Hood's except in cavalry. The greater part of the cavalry force of Thomas had gone with Sherman. A storm on the night of Dec. 8, prevented operations for nearly a week. On the night of the 14th a plan of operations was agreed upon and was successfully carried out the next day, in spite of a dense fog in the morning. Hood was driven back of his line of works, to a position at the foot of Harpeth hills. His loss in killed and wounded was heavy; and seine 1200 prisoners and 16 pieces of artillery were taken from him. The federal lose was
tuuch less. On the morning of the 16th the battle was renewed, and by evening the con federate army was in retreat, having lost in the 2 days' 4,462 prisoners and 53 pieces of artillery. The federal army followed up the pursuit till the 27th, when the remainder of Hood's army crossed the Tennessee. The main federal army then gave up the pursuit, which was, however, continued by a cavalry force under Palmer, which caught up with the retreating army and destroyed a large amount of property. The loss of Thomas was estimated at about 10,000, during the entire campaign, from Sept. 7, 1804, to Jan. 20, 1865. In the same time 13,189 prisoners and 72 pieces of artillery were captured from the confederates. Hood was relieved from command Jan. 23, 1865.