Battle of Resaca
![May 13, 1864. The 15th and the 16th A.C. [ USA ] deployed astride road on ridges W. of those next to and this side of Camp Creek, where Polk´s Corps [ CSA ] was posted. May 14: The 15th and the...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/inURF71ivhxhPMk7wfQPtu2V8CPfeVTQrtvhYTX3-JfYqSRy0E8CJQwpus6Pr25Lg4JQ1k6c4Egd1dDMjukZGJaHq477)
May 13, 1864. The 15th and the 16th A.C. [ USA ] deployed astride road on ridges W. of those next to and this side of Camp Creek, where Polk´s Corps [ CSA ] was posted.
May 14: The 15th and the 16th A.C. drove Polk´s troops across creek from this ridges and occupied it. Polk established a line on a chain of hills just E. of creek.
5:30 pm: the 15th and the Veatch´s (4th) Div. 16th A.C. [ USA ] moved across creek and carried Polk´s position, holding it against repeated attempts to regain it. Polk withdrew E. to a line near the Dalton ~ Resaca road (U.S. Highway 41).
GHM 064-13 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1953
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.