Recalls a costly Union assault on May 14, 1864, when Judah's division charged across the Camp Creek valley into the guns of Hindman's and Bate's Confederate divisions and were pinned in the streambed, a futile attack the marker calls unique in the campaign.
Battle of Resaca (1997)
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Battle of Resaca is a historical marker in Resaca, Gordon County, erected in 1997. It is one of 65 historical markers documented in Gordon County, among 104 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.6037, -84.9491 near Resaca. The nearest cataloged historic site is Atlanta Campaign (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Resaca Confederate Cemetery, Mary Jane Green, and Confederate Cemetery Resaca.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Battle of Resaca” names 9 distinct records in Gordon County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1997 in Resaca. The others:
- Battle of Resaca — Historical Marker in Resaca (1953)
- Battle of Resaca — Historical Marker in Resaca (1953)
- Battle of Resaca — Historical Marker in Resaca (1986)
- Battle of Resaca — Historical Marker in Resaca (1953)
- Battle of Resaca — Historical Marker in Resaca (1952)
- Battle of Resaca — Historical Marker in Resaca (1953)
- Battle of Resaca — Historical Marker in Resaca (1953)
- Battle of Resaca — Historical Marker in Resaca (1986)
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