On May 14, 1864, a contingent from Sweeny's 2d Division, 16th A.C. [US], crossed here in pontoon boats, but withdrew on a rumor of Confederate crossings upstream. On May 15, the division, supported by Welker's Artillery [US], crossed in force and deployed to meet an immediate attack by Maj. Gen. W.H.T. Walker's division, Hardee's A.C. [CS], in the area between the George W. Frix house and the Oostanaula River. This Federal move on the Confederate left and rear forced Johnston [CS] to evacuate his lines at Resaca.