Photo Gallery: Oothcaloga Valley Marker text: During the advance of Sherman's forces S. from Resaca, May 16-17, 1864, the 4th, followed by the 14th Corps. marched by this and nearby roads, pursuing Johnston's forces which had evacuated Resaca the night before. Newton's Div., leading 4th Corps was aligned across the road, his right on hill to the west. A spirited rear-guard action followed, in which Francis T. Sherman's Brigade assaulted detachments of Cheatham's Div., at the Saxon house, near the County Line. 064-1 Georgia Historic Marker 1997

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