BATTLE OF RESACA MAY 14-15, 1864 - GHM 0064-10 - GORDON CO., GA
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Sprinterman
N 34° 34.635 W 084° 57.160
16S E 687792 N 3828067
Located laying on the ground BEHIND maintenance building southbound on I-75 in Rest Area 35 south of Ga 136 exit. This marker post was damaged some time ago and never reset so it lays on it's side behind the maintenace building.
Marker is back up.
Waymark Code: WM2W82
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2007
Views: 32
Text of the marker:
BATTLE OF RESACA
May 14~15, 1864
May 13, 1864. Gen. J. E. Johnston's forces [CSA] withdrew from Dalton to Resaca, having been outflanked by Federal forces moving via Snake Creek Gap 7 mi. N.W.
Aligned upon hills, N. & W. of here the Confederates withstood repeated Fed. assaults for two days, May 14 & 15.
Federal forces, having secured a river crossing at Lay's Ferry (near mouth of Snake Creek) 6 mi. S.W., Johnston withdrew S. to Calhoun, May 16. This was the 1st battle of the campaign which ended with the capture of Atlanta.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 064-10
Date: 1953
Sponsor: Not listed
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