The Battle of Resaca, from May 13 to 15, 1864, formed part of the Atlanta Campaign during the American Civil War, when a Union force under William Tecumseh Sherman engaged the Confederate Army of Tennessee led by Joseph E. Johnston.

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2010年6月18日 · The Battle of Resaca, which took place on May 14-15, 1864, in Gordon County, represented the first major engagement of Union general William T. Sherman's Atlanta campaign. The Union army suffered around 2,800 casualities, as did Confederate forces led by General Joseph E. Johnston.

Rebel skirmishers who covered the Resaca road where it bridged Camp Creek showed a momentary weakness, and the Union 12th Missouri and other XV Corps units forced their way across the bridge and dug in on a hill overlooking the railroad, within the reach of Union guns.

2024年3月17日 · The Battle of Resaca was the second encounter between William T. Sherman's Union forces and Joseph E. Johnston's Confederate forces during the Atlanta Campaign. The engagement took place in Gordon and Whitfield counties, Georgia, near the town of Resaca, from May 13 - May 15, 1864.

The Battle of Resaca had the second highest casualties of the entire Atlanta Campaign. Please consider these 10 facts to expand your knowledge of and appreciation for one of the Atlanta Campaign's bloodiest battlefields. Fact #1: Sherman's objective at Resaca was to cut the Western & Atlantic Railroad.

May 13, 1864, Confederate General Joseph Johnston positioned his forces along a ridge that lay between the Oostanaula River and the Conasauga River just north of the small town of Resaca, GA. This defensive line protected his supply line to Atlanta, the Western & Atlantic Railroad.

2024年3月17日 · Key facts about the Battle of Resaca. Although the Union suffered higher casualties than the Confederacy, the Battle of Resaca was a Union victory because Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston (pictured here) yielded ground to Major General William T. Sherman’s drive toward Atlanta.

During May 14-15, 1864, the first major battle of the Atlanta Campaign was fought around the tiny village of Resaca, Georgia. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Confederate army of 55,000 soldiers had fallen back from Dalton and had occupied the strong defensive fortifications around the town.

2023年10月22日 · Historian Brian Wills discussed the Battle of Resaca in Georgia, the first battle of the Atlanta Campaign in 1864. Union divisions crossed the Oostanaula River, flanking Confederate General Joseph ...