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Once Gen. Sweeny's Federals crossed the Oostanaula and threatened his rear, Johnston had no choice but to abandon Resaca. On the night of May 15-16, 1864, his army slipped across a pontoon bridge and burned the railroad span, continuing its fighting retreat toward Atlanta.
South Toward Atlanta 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 34.5820, -84.9532 near Resaca. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dancers in the Red Clay Minuet (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.
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