Barnard, George N., 1819-1902 Battle ground of Resacca, Ga. No. 4
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0459 Author/Creator: Barnard, George N., 1819-1902 Place Written: Resaca, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1864 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w Height: 40.8 cm, Width: 51.3 cm Order a Copy
Page removed from the album "Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign." Entrenchments in the foreground with distant view of small town or village. Wagon tracks criss-cross across the image. The sky has been double-printed. Resaca was the site of a May 13-15, 1864 battle between Union forces led by General William T. Sherman and Confederate troops commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston. Sherman employed a flanking technique that proved successful in overpowering Johnston's command, winning the battle for the Union.
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