Battle of Resaca (Whitfield County)

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

Located on Nance Springs Road 0.4 miles east of South Dixie Road (US 41) in Nance Springs.

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May 15, 1864. The 23d A.C. [USA] was shifted from Camp Cr., 1.5 mi. W., to this vicinity where it extended the left of Sherman's line [USA] to the Conasauga River. Hovey's (1st) div. supported Williams' (1st) div., 20th A.C. [USA], between the Scales house and R.R., during Stewart's [CSA] 2d attack. May 16. Johnston's forces [CSA] evacuated his position and withdrew S. followed by 4th and 14th A.C. [USA]. The 20th, and 1st and 2d divs., 23d A.C. [USA] moved SE to the Coosawattee River; Cox's (3d) div. [USA] moved N. to Hogan's Ford, Conasauga R. near Tilton and via Holley to Field's Mill, Coosawattee R.

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1856 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman 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 (Whitfield 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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