On this hill, the decisive encounter of the Battle of Nashville was fought on December 16, 1864. At 4:15 P.M., a Federal assault at the angle on top of the hill broke the Confederate line. Col. W. M. Shy of the 20th Tenn. Inf. was killed and Gen. T. B. Smith was captured. The Confederates retreated over the Overton Hills to the Franklin Pike.