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Battle of Decatur, Alabama (October, 1864), US Civil War

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  • Lt. Cdr. Meredith Helm Kidd, (USA) (1829 - 1908)
    Civil War Veteran. Residence Wabash, IN; Enlisted on 12/30/1861 as a Captain. On 3/24/1862 he was commissioned into 14th Indiana Light Artillery. He was discharged for promotion on 3/26/1864. On 3/26/1...
  • Lieut. General John Bell Hood (CSA) (1831 - 1879)
    Bell Hood (June 1 or June 29, 1831 – August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Hood had a reputation for bravery and aggressiveness that sometimes bordered on recklessne...
  • Brevet Maj. General Robert S. Granger (USA) (1816 - 1894)
    Seaman Granger (May 24, 1816 – April 25, 1894) was a career officer in the United States Army, reaching the brevet rank of major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Granger was born...

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 Brig. Gen. Robert S. Granger prevented the 39,000 men of the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. John B. Hood from crossing the Tennessee River at Decatur, Alabama.

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