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Choose Location On Battlefield Absalom Thompson House (Hood's Headquarters): Driving Tour Stop 1 Confederate Crossing Site at Rutherford Creek: Driving Tour Stop 2 Caldwell House & Family Cemetery (Forrest's Headquarters): Driving Tour Stop 3 Spring Hill Battlefield: Driving Tour Stop 4 - Forrest's and Cleburne's Attacks Spring Hill Battlefield: Driving Tour Stop 4 - Federal Defense of Spring Hill Spring Hill Battlefield: Driving Tour Stop 4 - Cleburne's Attack 4:00 - 4:30 p.m. Spring Hill Battlefield: Driving Tour Stop 4 - Cleburne's Pursuit 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Spring Hill Battlefield: Driving Tour Stop 5 - Center, Union Defensive Position, Lane's Brigade Spring Hill Battlefield: Driving Tour Stop 6 - Ferguson Hall: Martin Cheairs Home Spring Hill Battlefield: Driving Tour Stop 7 & 8 - No Signage Available Spring Hill Battlefield: Driving Tour Stop 9 - Rippavilla Plantation: Nathaniel Cheairs House Spring Hill Battlefield: Driving Tour Stop 9 - Rippavilla Plantation: Battle Signage

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Absalom Thompson House (Hood's Headquarters): Driving Tour Stop 1**

The Absalom Thompson House was constructed around 1835. The house was Confederate General John Bell Hood's headquarters during the Battle of Spring Hill.

Located approximately 2.5 miles S of Spring Hill, Tennessee, on Denning Lane, circa 2.4 miles E of U. S. Highway 31 (Columbia-Franklin Pike in 1864).

(Text Adapted From: Wiley Sword, Embrace An Angry Wind - The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville New York: Harper Collins, 1991), pp. 135-136; "Twilight Of An Army" - Guide to the Spring Hill, Tennessee Battlefield pamphlet distributed to visitors of the Travellers Rest Plantation and Museum; Carter House; Carnton Plantation; and Rippavilla Plantation.)

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** Driving Tour Stop Designation from: "Twilight Of An Army" - Guide to the Spring Hill, Tennessee Battlefield pamphlet distributed to visitors of the Travellers Rest Plantation and Museum; Carter House; Carnton Plantation; and Rippavilla Plantation.