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hundred yards of the national line: this work was admirably situated on a prominence known as Montgomery Hill, commanding the Granny White road.
On the national side, Thomas had placed Steedman on the extreme left; Wood, with the Fourth corps, was at the centre, in front of Montgomery Hill; and A. J. Smith had the right.
Schofield was held in reserve, ready to support the left of Wood, and the cavalry, which had hitherto guarded the flanks, was now massed on the right of Smith.
The interior works were manned by quartermasters' employes, so that all the enlisted troops of the command could be put into action.
Thomas's infantry was now fifty-five thousand strong; Hood's, about twenty-two thousand.
The national cavalry in front of Nashville numbered twelve thousand men; the rebel, seventeen hundred.1
1 On the 10th of December Thomas returned present equipped for duty:—
| Officers. | Enlisted Men. | |
| Fourth corps | 646 | 13,526 |
| Twenty-third corps | 488 | 9,719 |
| A. J. Smith | 561 | 9,990 |
| District of Tennessee | 637 | 15,884 |
| District of Etowa | 209 | 7,541 |
| In his entire command | 70,272 |
New York Appleton 1885.
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