- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Battle of Resaca historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Whitfield County
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, 34.80561, -84.96722
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 41 about .4 mile N. of Gordon County line at church
Text of marker: "BATTLE OF RESACA. May 14, 1864: The 20th Corps [USA] was shifted from Camp Creek Valley, 0.5 mi. W. & aligned across rd. - the 2d & 3d Divs. in reserve; the 1st Div. prolonging Stanley's Div. (4th A.C.) [USA] to the State R.R., east. May 15: Butterfield's (3d) & Geary's (2d) Divs. of 20th A.C. [USA], astride rd., moved in assault on Hood's line [CSA] 0.7 mi. S. in an attempt to break through. Butterfield, W. of the rd. led off, followed by Geary, E. of the rd., 6 brigades in all. They failed to break Hood's line [CSA], but seized & removed the 4 guns of Corput's Cherokee Battery [CSA]. 155-1 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1997" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_battle-of-resaca2
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_battle-of-resaca2
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
