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Battle of Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee
· Taking of Redoubt No. 5
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During the Battle of Nashville, Hood's Redoubt No. 5 stood on this hill. Couch's Division of the XXIII Corps, sweeping south of the route of Smith's XVI, captured it and the hills to the east late in the afternoon. Wilson's cavalry, crossing the highway about 2 miles south, advanced rapidly eastward and flanked the Confederate defenses.
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