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After Grant rose to command all Union armies, Sherman took aim at Johnston's army and the rail line to Atlanta. Through early May 1864, fighting at Rocky Face Ridge and McPherson's march through Snake Creek Gap pushed Johnston south to make his stand at Resaca.
The Road to Resaca 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 34.5773, -84.9526 near Resaca. The nearest cataloged historic site is Crossing the Oostanaula at Lay's Ferry (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Resaca — A Defensible Position, 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.
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