- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Battle of Resaca
- Creator:
- Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, artist
- Publisher:
- Buffalo, N.Y. : M.N. Co.
- Date of Original:
- 1877
- Subject:
- Campaigns & battles--Georgia--Resaca--1860-1870
Resaca, Battle of, Resaca, Ga., 1864 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Gordon County, 34.50336, -84.87575
- Medium:
- wood engravings
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Battle of Resaca, which took place on May 14-15, 1864, in Gordon County, represented the first major engagement of Union general William T. Sherman's Atlanta campaign. The Union army suffered around 2,800 casualities, as did Confederate forces led by General Joseph E. Johnston.
From "The mountain campaigns in Georgia, etc." published by the Western & Atlantic R.R. Co.
Illus. from: Century magazine, 1887. - Local Identifier:
- Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 4416-1 [P&P;]
Digital Id: cph 3c02052 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c02052
Library of Congress Control Number: 90716104
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-102052 (b&w film copy neg.) - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/battle-of-resaca/m-11156/
- Original Collection:
- Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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