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The Battle of Resaca was part of the Atlanta
Campaign of the American Civil War. The battle ranged in
Gordon County, Georgia and Whitfield County, Georgia from May 13 to May 15, 1864 and
ended inconclusively.
The battle was found between the Military Division of the Mississipppi (led by William T. Sherman) on the side of the Union and the Army of Tennessee (Joseph E. Johnston) for the Confederates. 5,547 people were recorded as killed - 2,747 for the Union and
2,800 for the Confederacy.
The following description of the battle is provided by the American Battlefield Protection Program (part of the National Parks Service)
"Gen. Joseph E. Johnston had withdrawn from Rocky Face Ridge to the hills around Resaca. On the 13th, the Union troops tested the Rebel lines to pinpoint their whereabouts. The next day
full scale fighting occurred, and the Union troops were generally repulsed except on the Rebel right flank where Sherman did not
fully exploit his advantage. On the 15th, the battle continued with no advantage to either side until Sherman sent a force across
the Oostanula River, at
Lay’s Ferry, towards Johnston’s railroad supply line. Unable to halt this Union movement, Johnston was forced to
retire."
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