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Because early cameras needed minutes of stillness, no one could photograph a battle in progress. Northern papers like Harper's Weekly instead sent sketch artists such as the Waud brothers, who drew Resaca from observation points; the South sent none.
Picturing a 19th-century Battle 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 34.5955, -84.9621 near Resaca. The nearest cataloged historic site is Site of Action — Judah's Division (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Did You Know That Both Sides Used Red, White and Blue Flags?, Enduring the Battle of Resaca, and Stories from the Wild Hills of Resaca.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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