Battle of Resaca (Gordon County)

Battle of Resaca (Gordon County) is a Georgia historical marker in Gordon County, dedicated 1953.

On Resaca Lafayette Road, west of I-75 in Resaca.

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May 13, 1864. The 15th and the 16th A.C. [US] deployed astride road on ridges W. of those next to & this side of Camp Creek, where Polk’s Corps [CS] 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. [US] moved across creek & carried Polk's position, holding it against repeated attempts to regain it. Polk withdrew E. to a line near the Dalton-Resaca road (U.S. Highway 41).

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1856 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1886 · Dalton, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of Battle of Resaca (Gordon County), with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1866, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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