Battle of Columbia

Battle of Columbia
Part of the American Civil War
Army commanders Schofield and Hood
Date November 24, 1864 (1864-11-24) – November 29, 1864 (1864-11-29) Location Maury County, Tennessee Result Confederate victory[1]
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
John M. Schofield James H. Wilson	John Bell Hood Joseph B. Palmer
Units involved
XXIII Corps IV Corps	Army of Tennessee
Strength
28,000[2]	35,000[2]
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

The Battle of Columbia was a series of military actions that took place November 24–29, 1864, in Maury County, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. It concluded the movement of Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee from the Tennessee River in northern Alabama to Columbia, Tennessee, and across the Duck River. A Union force under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield skirmished with Hood's cavalry, commanded by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, and fortified a defensive line south of Columbia, but soon withdrew north across the Duck River, abandoning the town. Hood's invasion of Tennessee continued as he attempted to intercept Schofield's retreating army at Spring Hill.