Battle of Resaca (Whitfield County)

Battle of Resaca (Whitfield County) is a Georgia historical marker in Whitfield County, dedicated 1986.

Located on Chitwood Road 3/4 mile east of Dixie Road (US 41) near Resaca.

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May 14: Stewart's Div., Hood's Corps [CS] moved from intrenchments near the John Green house and attacked left of Federals then extending toward the State R. R. This attack fell upon the left of Stanley 's (1st) div., 4th A. C. and 5th lnd. Battery [US] (on ridge NW). The timely arrival of Williams' (1st) div., 20th A.C. [US] checked Stewart's [CS] advance and stabilized the left flank of the Federal forces. May 15: Stewart [CS] repeated attack of 14th - the assault falling on Williams' div. [US] astride road here - and with like result.

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1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1856 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1886 · Dalton, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Georgia, 1869, covering the location of Battle of Resaca (Whitfield County), with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1869, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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