- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Resaca Confederate Cemetery
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1908
- Subject:
- History
Archaeology - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Gordon County, 34.50336, -84.87575
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The entrance to Resaca Confederate Cemetery in Gordon County is pictured in 1908. Approximately 2,800 men from each side died during the Battle of Resaca, in May 1864 during the Civil War. The graves of more than 450 Confederate soldiers are buried in the cemetery, which was dedicated in 1866.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/battle-of-resaca/resaca-confederate-cemetery_001/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/vg2/id/7872/rec/1
- Original Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
-
