Crossing the Oostanaula at Lay's Ferry

Marks where Sherman, while feinting at Resaca's main lines, slipped Sweeny's division across the Oostanaula on pontoons in May 1864 to threaten Johnston's rear and force the Confederates to abandon the field.

Crossing the Oostanaula at Lay's Ferry 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 34.5774, -84.9526 near Resaca. The nearest cataloged historic site is Resaca — A Defensible Position (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Road to Resaca, Battle of Resaca, and Logan's XV Corps to the South.

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