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Photo Gallery: Battle of Resaca (064-13)
May 13, 1864. The 15th & 16th A.C. deployed astride road on ridges W. of
those next to & this side of Camp Creek, where Polk's Corps was posted.
May 14: The 15th & 16th A.C. drove Polk's droops across creek from this
ridge and occupied it. Polk established a line on a chain of hills just E.
of creek.
5:30 pm: the 15th & Veatch's (4th) Div. 16th A.C. moved across creek &
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).
064-13 Georgia Historical Commission 1953
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