Battle of Decatur

1864 CE.

Shown on the map at 34.614°, -86.986°.

The Battle of Decatur was a demonstration conducted from October 26 to October 29, 1864, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. Union forces of 3–5,000 men under Brigadier-General Robert S. Granger prevented the 39,000 men of the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General John B. Hood from crossing the Tennessee River at Decatur, Alabama.

Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Decatur, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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