The surrender was a humiliation for Buckner personally, but also a strategic defeat for the Confederacy, which lost more than 12,000 men and much equipment, as well as control of the Cumberland River, which led to the evacuation of Nashville.
Overgivelsen var en ydmygelse for Buckner personligt, men også et strategisk nederlag for Sydstaterne, som mistede over 12.000 mand og udstyr, såvel som kontrollen over Cumberland floden, hvilket medførte evakueringen af Nashville.