W. H. D. Rouse
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Schofield moved into position on Thomas's left.
The Battle of Resaca, fought May 1315, was the first major engagement of the campaign.
The 13th was spent in skirmishing and establishing the positions of the two armies.
The 14th saw much heavy fighting.
Sherman delivered a major attack against the right center of Johnston's line,
and was hurled back with a heavy loss.
One Northerner described the Confederate fire as terrific and deadly.
Later, Hood made a determined assault on the Federal left and was prevented from winning a great victory when Union reinforcements were hurried to the scene from other sectors of the line.
Late in the day, troops from McPherson's army made slight gains against the Confederate left.
Fighting ceased at dark, although firing continued throughout the night.
there was no time for the men to rest however both johnston and sherman kept their soldiers busy digging fortifications caring for the wounded moving to new positions and preparing for the next day's battle the heaviest fighting on the fifteenth occurred in the northern end of the lines there both sides made attacks that achieved some local success but were inconclusive meanwhile a federal detachment had been sent down the ustanala to attempt a crossing
at lay's ferry a few miles below resaca it got over the river and secured a position from which to strike eastward against johnston's rail line the southern commander believed that this left him no choice but to retreat accordingly during the night of may fifteen sixteen the confederates withdrew and crossed to the southern bank of the ustanala burning the bridges behind
sovellus.
As in the case with many civil war battles, no accurate casualty figures were available for the engagement at Risaka.
Federal losses were probably about 3,500.
Confederate casualties were approximately 2,600.
End of part one.
part two of the road past kenesaw the atlanta campaign of eighteen sixty four by richard manning mcmurray this librivox recording is in the public domain part two to the etowah south of the ustanala steep ridges and heavy woods give way to gently rolling hills with only a light cover of vegetation
the area was almost without defensible terrain and thus afforded a great advantage to sherman whose larger forces would have more opportunities for maneuver than they had found in the mountainous region to the north once across the ustanalla johnston sought to make a stand and draw the federals into a costly assault he expected to find a favorable terrain near calhoun but in this he was disappointed and during the night of may
he led the confederates on southward toward adairsville the federals followed sherman dividing his forces into three columns and advancing on a broad front there were skirmishes all along the route during the sixteenth and seventeenth but the main bodies
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