On July 17, Johnston was relieved of command by Confederate President Jefferson Davis and replaced by General John Bell Hood. During late July, Hood made failed attacks against Sherman at the battles of Peachtree Creek and Ezra Church. By August, Hood was under siege in Atlanta; the Confederates abandoned the city on September 1. From the beginning of the Atlanta campaign to the fall of the city, Bledsoe's Battery suffered 29 casualties. In late September, Hood moved his army northwards in an attempt to disrupt Sherman's supply line, as Sherman was advancing further into Georgia. Bledsoe's Battery accompanied the Army of Tennessee during this movement. On November 30, Hood attacked a Union army commanded by Schofield at Franklin, Tennessee. In the ensuing Battle of Franklin, Hood's attacks were repulsed with heavy casualties in both enlisted men and officers. However, despite defeating Hood, Schofield withdrew his forces from Franklin to Nashville that night. Hood pursued to Nashville, and fortified positions in front of the city. By this point, Bledsoe's Battery was part of the artillery of Major General Benjamin F. Cheatham's corps. On the first day of the Battle of Nashville, December 15, Cheatham's division held the right of the Confederate line. Union attacks broke the left of the Confederate line, and Cheatham fell back to a new position in the rear. On the next day, Cheatham held the Confederate left, which was harassed by Brigadier General James H. Wilson's Union cavalry. Eventually, the Confederate line collapsed under Union pressure, and Hood's army fell back in shambles. Bledsoe's Battery saw action during the rout at Nashville and served as part of Hood's rear guard during the retreat.