Battle of Resaca (Gordon County)

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

At the intersection of Hall Memorial and Hall Roads in Resaca.

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May 13, 1864, McPherson's 15th and 16th A. C. [US] moving from Snake Creek Gap reached this cross-roads where his forces were deployed for advance toward Camp Cr. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick's Cav. Div. [US] led advance; during a sharp engagement he was wounded by skirmishers of Polk's Corp [CS]. Night found the 20th, 14th & 23d Corps [US] N. on Dalton-Calhoun road, & by noon May 14th, Federal forces W. of Resaca were deployed on ridges parallel to & overlooking Camp Creek. The battle began 2.5 mi. N. by attacks on left of Hood's & right of Hardee's lines [CS].

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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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