BATTLE OF RESACA GHM 064-13
Posted by: Sprinterman
N 34° 34.498 W 084° 57.753
16S E 686891 N 3827796
Located Ga 136 at Fain Brown Rd. W of I-75
Waymark Code: WM2H2M
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/03/2007
Views: 24
Text:
May 13, 1864. The 15th & 16th A.C. [USA] deployed astride road on ridges W. of Camp Creek, where Polk's Corps [CSA] was posted.
May 14: The 15th & 16th A.C. drove Polk's troops across creek from this ridge and occupied it. Polk established a line on a chain of hills just E. of Creek.
5:30 pm: the 15th & Veatch's (4th) Div. 16th A.C.[USA] moved across creek & carried Polk's position, holding it against repeated attempts to regain it. Polk withdrew E. to a line near Dalton-Resaca road (U.S. Highway 41).
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 064-13
Date: 1953
Sponsor: Not listed
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