Third Battle of Murfreesboro
| Third Battle of Murfreesboro | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States (Union) | Confederate States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Lovell H. Rousseau Robert H. Milroy | Nathan B. Forrest | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Post of Murfreesboro | Forrest's Cavalry Corps | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 8,000 | 7,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 225 | 197 | ||||||
The Third Battle of Murfreesboro, also known as the Battle of Wilkinson Pike or the Battle of the Cedars, was fought December 5–7, 1864, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War.