Dancers in the Red Clay Minuet

The panel borrows a dance metaphor for the cautious early-May 1864 maneuvering of Sherman and Johnston across north Georgia's red clay, two armies stepping warily toward the collision that became the Battle of Resaca.

Dancers in the Red Clay Minuet 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 34.5816, -84.9531 near Resaca. The nearest cataloged historic site is South Toward Atlanta (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Logan's XV Corps to the South, Crossing the Oostanaula at Lay's Ferry, and Resaca — A Defensible Position.

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