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Battle of the Barrels - Nashville, TN
During the Civil War, many battles were fought in Nashville, TN. Driving up and down Granny White Pike and Franklin Road, one can see several historical markers along these highways and byways depicting where some of the battles had taken place. At the entrance to Princeton Hills subdivision in Brentwood, TN, is a scene depicting one of the Battles of Nashville. According to local folklore here is what happened. 
After the defeat of Gen. John Bell Hood’s Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Nashville, the Confederate troops scattered and retreated in a rout down Franklin Pike. Union forces were in hot pursuit of them via Granny White Pike about a mile or so to the west. It was their plan to cut off the retreat by crossing over from Granny White Pike to Franklin Pike by a "country road" now known as Maryland Way. General Hood issued an urgent order to stop the Union Forces, saying that if they were not halted "all would be lost."  
Confederate Gen. James R. Chalmers dispatched a group of soldiers under the command of a Col. Rucker to do what they could to stop the Union force. Rucker’s men set about creating a ... more

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