![]() ![]() Divisions newly arrived from Johnsonville and Lynnville joined in constructing the breastworks along Bigby Creek near the Pike and continued the work on November 25. Cox’s infantry appeared, ending the rout. Chalmers’s Division of General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederate cavalry repelled the approaching Union cavalry along Mount Pleasant Pike until U.S. Schofield’s sizeable incoming army to thwart Hood’s plan.Ī series of skirmishes began on November 24. Brigadier General Thomas Ruger’s eight hundred men had been occupying Columbia, protecting railroad and Duck River bridge crossings. On a main route between the state capital and the Deep South, Columbia was important in the struggle for control of the area due to its Nashville & Decatur Railroad, its status as Middle Tennessee’s second largest town, and its abundant crop and livestock production. Columbia’s most significant combat role occurred November 24 through 29, 1864, during Confederate General John Bell Hood’s campaign to capture Nashville. ![]()
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