Battle of Nashville Dec 15, 1864

   On December 15, 1864, Confederate General John Bell Hood's forces were lined up in an arc around the south end of Nashville. The battle began with an attempt to launch a diversion on the far right of the Confederate's line at Granberry's Lunette and then attack full on the left flank. The diversion did not work as the Confederates were ready. However the Union forces were able to overrun most of the positions on the left and capture the redoubts of the Confederates. The South pulled back and reinforced their line of battle along current Harding Place/Battery Lane at Peach Orchard and Shy's Hills, between the Hillsboro Pike and the railroad.

   The Battle of Nashville Monument had been erected in 1927 and placed upon a hill that overlooked where Franklin Pike met Thomson Lane. The location was about halfway between Fort Negley and the Confederate line of battle, Battery Lane's trenches. In 1974 a tornado destroyed the column and angel atop the base of the monument. It was never repaired. In 1999, a new monument, using the old bronze figure of a youth with horses, was dedicated to the west on Granny White Pike at Clifton Avenue.