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Standing here on May 14, 1864, Gen. William Carlin's brigade charged across Camp Creek toward the entrenched Confederates of Cleburne and Cheatham. The creek shattered their formation under heavy fire, and with no support on their right they fell back to its banks.
Site of Action — Carlin's Brigade 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 34.5923, -84.9606 near Resaca. The nearest cataloged historic site is How to Tell the Yankees from the Rebels! (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Resaca Battlefield State Historic Site, Picturing a 19th-century Battle, 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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