Whitfield County is the home of many Civil War sites and events, from the General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign to the "Great Locomotive Chase" (through the tunnel at Tunnel Hill, Ga).  Resaca May 13-15, 1864 Principal Commanders : Confederate - Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, Lieutenant General John Bell Hood Union - Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, Maj General John M. Palmer,  Maj General John M. Schofield Outcome: Inconclusive Atlanta Campaign (1864) Estimated Casualties: 2,747 US - 2,800 CS Sherman left a corps and two cavalry divisions at Dalton and marched on Resaca and anchored the ends on the Oostanaula and Conasauga Rivers. From May 13 to 15 Sherman attacked Johnston's line. On May 13 McPherson drove the Confederates back into Resaca on the right. The next day the attacks by US Major General John M. Palmer's XIV Corps and US Major General John M. Schofield's XXIII Corps in the center were slowed by the thick underbrush and Camp Creek. They were hit by Confederate fire when they moved against a salient angle and were repulsed with heavy losses. Federal artillery supported the attack with devastating effects from across the creek, less than a mile away. Finding the Federal left flank vulnerable, CS Lieutenant General John Bell Hood attacked on the evening of May 14 and again on the morning of the 15th. His first attack was initially successful but was slowed by an Indiana battery and a single brigade (Robinson's) from Hooker's XX Corps before darkness forced him to withdraw. Hood's attack resumed the next morning, but by that time Hooker's corps had arrived in force, and Hood was repulsed. Hooker attacked the Confederates and overran the Cherokee Georgia Artillery Battery but was turned back at the main Confederate line. Return to History Page Return to Civil War Page Learn more about Whitfield County at ngeorgia.com You are Visitor free hit counters WWW www.whitfieldcountyga.com