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Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Battle of Columbia |image= |begin=November 24, 1864 |end=November 29, 1864 |place=Maury County, Tennessee |theater=Western Theater |campaign=Franklin-Nashville ..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=Battle of Columbia
|image=
|begin=November 24, 1864
|end=November 29, 1864
|place=Maury County, Tennessee
|theater=Western Theater
|campaign=Franklin-Nashville Campaign
|result=Confederate victory
|combatants1=XXIII Army Corps<br/>IV Army Corps (detachments)
|combatants2=Army of Tennessee
|commanders1=[[John M. Schofield]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[John B. Hood]]<br/>Lieutenant General, CSA
|strength1=28,000
|strength2=35,000
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
Conflict near Columbia, during Hood’s 1864 Tennessee invasion, constituted a Confederate diversion as part of a maneuver designed to cross the Duck River upstream and interdict the Union army’s line of communications with Nashville. As Gen. John Bell Hood’s army advanced northeastward from Florence, Alabama, Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield’s force quickly withdrew from Pulaski to Columbia, arriving on November 24, just ahead of Forrest’s Rebel cavalry. The Federals built two lines of earthworks south of the town while skirmishing with enemy cavalry on November 24 and 25. Hood advanced his infantry on the following day but did not assault. He made demonstrations along the front while marching two corps of his army to Davis Ford, some five miles eastward on the Duck River. Schofield correctly interpreted Hood’s moves, but foul weather prevented him from crossing to the north bank before November 28, leaving Columbia to the Confederates. The next day, both armies marched north for Spring Hill. Schofield had slowed Hood’s movement but had not stopped him. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Franklin-Nashville}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1864}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Battle of Columbia
|image=
|begin=November 24, 1864
|end=November 29, 1864
|place=Maury County, Tennessee
|theater=Western Theater
|campaign=Franklin-Nashville Campaign
|result=Confederate victory
|combatants1=XXIII Army Corps<br/>IV Army Corps (detachments)
|combatants2=Army of Tennessee
|commanders1=[[John M. Schofield]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[John B. Hood]]<br/>Lieutenant General, CSA
|strength1=28,000
|strength2=35,000
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
Conflict near Columbia, during Hood’s 1864 Tennessee invasion, constituted a Confederate diversion as part of a maneuver designed to cross the Duck River upstream and interdict the Union army’s line of communications with Nashville. As Gen. John Bell Hood’s army advanced northeastward from Florence, Alabama, Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield’s force quickly withdrew from Pulaski to Columbia, arriving on November 24, just ahead of Forrest’s Rebel cavalry. The Federals built two lines of earthworks south of the town while skirmishing with enemy cavalry on November 24 and 25. Hood advanced his infantry on the following day but did not assault. He made demonstrations along the front while marching two corps of his army to Davis Ford, some five miles eastward on the Duck River. Schofield correctly interpreted Hood’s moves, but foul weather prevented him from crossing to the north bank before November 28, leaving Columbia to the Confederates. The next day, both armies marched north for Spring Hill. Schofield had slowed Hood’s movement but had not stopped him. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Franklin-Nashville}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1864}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]