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===Tennessee Raids=== [[File:Forrest's Raid - Harper's Weekly - September 10, 1864.jpg|thumb|"Forrest's Raid" sketched by [[George H. Ellsbury]] (''Harper's Weekly'', September 10, 1864)]] Forrest led other raids that summer and fall, including a famous one into U.S. Army-held downtown Memphis in August 1864 (the [[Second Battle of Memphis]]){{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} and another on a major U.S. Army supply depot at [[New Johnsonville, Tennessee|Johnsonville, Tennessee]]. On November 4, 1864, during the [[Battle of Johnsonville]], the Confederates shelled the city, sinking three gunboats and nearly thirty other ships and destroying many tons of supplies.<ref name="Smith2014">{{cite book|author=Michael Thomas Smith|title=The 1864 Franklin-Nashville Campaign: The Finishing Stroke|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0BODBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA28|year=2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-39235-1|page=28|access-date=March 26, 2018|archive-date=May 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509174156/https://books.google.com/books?id=0BODBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA28|url-status=live}}</ref> During [[Franklin-Nashville Campaign|Hood's Tennessee Campaign]], he fought alongside General [[John Bell Hood]], the newest commander of the Confederate [[Army of Tennessee]], in the [[Battle of Franklin (1864)|Second Battle of Franklin]] on November 30.<ref name="Tucker2014168">{{cite book|author=Spencer C. Tucker|title=Battles That Changed American History: 100 of the Greatest Victories and Defeats|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zMmUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA168|year=2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-4408-2862-1|page=168|access-date=March 26, 2018|archive-date=May 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509174156/https://books.google.com/books?id=zMmUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA168|url-status=live}}</ref> Facing a disastrous defeat, Forrest argued bitterly with Hood (his [[Superior (hierarchy)|superior officer]]) demanding permission to cross the [[Harpeth River]] and cut off the escape route of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. [[John Schofield|John M. Schofield]]'s army.<ref name="Knight201456">{{cite book|author=James R. Knight|title=Hood's Tennessee Campaign: The Desperate Venture of a Desperate Man|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VBR3CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT56|year=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing Inc.|isbn=978-1-62585-130-7|pages=56|access-date=March 17, 2018|archive-date=May 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509174246/https://books.google.com/books?id=VBR3CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT56#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> He eventually attempted, but it was too late.
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