USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of Fort Henry, American Civil War battle along the Tennessee River that helped the Union regain western and middle Tennessee as well as most of Kentucky.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Battle of Nashville in the Civil War was a battle that started as an act of revenge. Lieutenant General John B. Hood of the Confederate Army had lost the Battle of Atlanta to the Union Army’s Major General William Tecumseh Sherman.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Union victory at Nashville shattered Hood’s Army of Tennessee and effectively ended the war in Tennessee. Following Nashville, the fall of the Southern Confederacy was now only a matter of time. The Union victory at Nashville shattered Hood’s Army of Tennessee and effectively ended the war in Tennessee.

Detailed explanation-4: -After much debate, with the Whig Party generally favoring Nashville and the Democratic Party generally in support of Murfreesboro’s claims, the general assembly chose Nashville as the permanent capital of Tennessee in 1843.