United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, 34.80561, -84.96722Seibert, David, 1941-20201996/2014Location: U.S. 41 about .4 mile N. of Gordon County line at churchText 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"image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Historical markers--Georgia--Whitfield CountyBattle of Resaca historical markerStillImage