Historical Marker

Civil War Fighting Men

Resaca · Gordon County

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An interpretive panel on the ordinary soldiers of Resaca, noting that future president Benjamin Harrison led his Indiana regiment here, and that many Confederates carried smoothbore muskets little changed since the Revolution.

About this site

Civil War Fighting Men is a historical marker in Resaca, Gordon County. 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 34.5868, -84.9552 near Resaca. The nearest cataloged historic site is Why Fight at Resaca? (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Resaca Battlefield State Historic Site, Resaca's Confederate Cemetery / Resaca's Fort Wayne, and South Toward Atlanta.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 34.5868, -84.9552 · Resaca, Gordon County

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