Resaca, Battle of

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The Battle of Resaca was a major engagement of the American Civil War’s Atlanta Campaign, fought in May 1864 in Georgia between Union forces under William T. Sherman and Confederate troops led by Joseph E. Johnston.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Resaca, Battle of ⓘ
artilleryUsage heavy artillery fire on both sides ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignObjective Union advance toward Atlanta ⓘ
casualtiesAndLossesConfederate approximately 2,800 ⓘ
casualtiesAndLossesUnion approximately 4,000 ⓘ
commander George H. Thomas ⓘ
James B. McPherson ⓘ
John Bell Hood ⓘ
John M. Schofield ⓘ
linked to: John Schofield

Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
Leonidas Polk ⓘ
William J. Hardee ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
commanderSide Joseph E. Johnston, Confederate ⓘ
linked to: Joseph E. Johnston

William Tecumseh Sherman, Union ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Gordon County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Whitfield County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
date May 13–15, 1864 ⓘ
endDate 1864-05-15 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Adairsville ⓘ
forceStrengthConfederate approximately 60,000 ⓘ
forceStrengthUnion approximately 98,000 ⓘ
front Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
hasSite Resaca Battlefield Historic Site ⓘ
notableAction Union flanking maneuver at Snake Creek Gap ⓘ
notableFeature extensive field fortifications ⓘ
partOf Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
place Resaca, Georgia ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Rocky Face Ridge ⓘ
primaryConfederateArmy Army of Tennessee ⓘ
primaryUnionArmy Military Division of the Mississippi ⓘ
result Confederate withdrawal ⓘ
Inconclusive ⓘ
river Oostanaula River ⓘ
significance first major battle of the Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
startDate 1864-05-13 ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
strategicOutcome Union forces continued advance into Georgia ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Confederates successfully retreated across Oostanaula River ⓘ
Union failed to destroy Confederate army ⓘ
terrain hilly, wooded terrain with river crossings ⓘ
typeOfEngagement field battle ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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Battle of Resaca → alsoKnownAs → Resaca, Battle of ⓘ
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