The Civil War in Georgia (3)
A Confederate skirmish line trying to repel the Union Advance during the Battle of Resaca.
Georgia is commemorating the 150 year anniversary of the Civil War in Georgia . They will be reenacting some of the battles and will have other activities to commemorate others. Obviously they can't reenact the Battle of Atlanta. This is a reenactment of the battle of Resaca in North Georgia just below the Tennessee line which took place in mid May, 1864. The reenactment takes place on the same ground as the original battle.
Following his withdrawal from Rocky Face Ridge, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston established a strong defensive position protecting the Western & Atlantic Railroad at Resaca, where the railroad crossed the Oostanaula River. On the 13th, Sherman's men tested the Rebel lines to pinpoint their whereabouts. Over the next two days, Sherman launched a series of attacks against Johnston's earthworks, which were largely repulsed. Confederate counterattacks by Hood's corps failed to dislodge the Yankees, who were in full force in front of the Rebel lines. On the 15th, however, a small Federal force crossed the river at Lay’s Ferry, effectively flanking Johnston out of his entrenchments and forcing the Confederates to withdraw
This was a small impediment for Sherman's troops who were on their way to the Battle of Atlanta and then their infamous march to the sea which crippled the South and was instrumental in the war's end.
By this time in the war, 1864, the Confederate Army was already a rag tag bunch with no semblance of real uniforms.
The Civil War in Georgia (3)
A Confederate skirmish line trying to repel the Union Advance during the Battle of Resaca.
Georgia is commemorating the 150 year anniversary of the Civil War in Georgia . They will be reenacting some of the battles and will have other activities to commemorate others. Obviously they can't reenact the Battle of Atlanta. This is a reenactment of the battle of Resaca in North Georgia just below the Tennessee line which took place in mid May, 1864. The reenactment takes place on the same ground as the original battle.
Following his withdrawal from Rocky Face Ridge, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston established a strong defensive position protecting the Western & Atlantic Railroad at Resaca, where the railroad crossed the Oostanaula River. On the 13th, Sherman's men tested the Rebel lines to pinpoint their whereabouts. Over the next two days, Sherman launched a series of attacks against Johnston's earthworks, which were largely repulsed. Confederate counterattacks by Hood's corps failed to dislodge the Yankees, who were in full force in front of the Rebel lines. On the 15th, however, a small Federal force crossed the river at Lay’s Ferry, effectively flanking Johnston out of his entrenchments and forcing the Confederates to withdraw
This was a small impediment for Sherman's troops who were on their way to the Battle of Atlanta and then their infamous march to the sea which crippled the South and was instrumental in the war's end.
By this time in the war, 1864, the Confederate Army was already a rag tag bunch with no semblance of real uniforms.