In a last, desperate attempt to force Major General William T. Sherman's army from Georgia, General John Bell Hood led the Army of Tennessee north toward Nashville in November 1864. Although he suffering terrible losses at Franklin on November 30, he continued toward Nashville. Hood reached the outskirts of Nashville on December 2, took up positions on a line of hills parallel to those of the Union, and began erecting field works. On December 15, the Union launched a demonstration against the Confederates just across the railroad line from Nashville and Chattanooga. At the same time, the main assault fell on a group of redoubts on the Confederate left. The Union renewed the attack on the afternoon of December 16 and drove Confederate troops from Nashville. In six months of campaigning, the Army of Tennessee had lost nearly 75 percent of its fighting forces and had ceased to pose a serious threat to the Federals. The Union victory at Nashville shattered Hood's Army of Tennessee and effectively ended the war in Tennessee.
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