On Dec. 15, 1864 — 160 years ago today — the Battle of Nashville began. Just weeks after his defeats at Spring Hill and Franklin, Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood again tried to take his Army ...

NASHVILLE — There's still a gouge cut into the slope of Shy's Hill in Nashville where Confederate soldiers hunkered down in a trench 150 years ago. It was the last big battle in the western ...

Exactly 150 years ago on Dec. 15, Wayne County men of the 57th Indiana fought their last major battle at Nashville, Tenn., in the American Civil War. This regiment that trained in Richmond would ...

But is Shiloh more important than the Battle of Nashville, which is in danger of being cut? No. Just simply, no. Shiloh, though horrific, is not even the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

Built by both free and enslaved African Americans, it later protected the city during the Battle of Nashville. More than 150 years later, yet another battle, pitting preservation against development.

“If any of you jump me, I’m going to use this,” she cried. All pretense at education collapsed as the Battle of Nashville got under way. “Bloodthirsty Race.” That evening white crowds ...

During my early childhood, I wasn't aware that I played on contested ground in the 1864 Battle of Nashville. We lived on Stokes Lane within sight of what had been Confederate Redoubt No. 1 ...

He was, however, a successful commander who, unique among Civil War generals, never lost a battle, nicknamed "the Rock of Chickamauga" and "the Sledge of Nashville." To some scholars and buffs Thomas ...

The marker on Polk Avenue was erected in 2021 in commemoration of the Black soldiers who helped fight for the Union during the Battle of Nashville. Early on Dec. 15, 1864, three brigades — two ...