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After two days of battle at Resaca, Gen. J.E. Johnston’s three Confederate corps, outflanked by superior Federal forces, withdrew toward Calhoun on May 18, 1864. S. Hood’s Corps marched by a road 1 mile east, while Polk’s and Hardee’s followed the direct road to Calhoun, with Polk continuing to Adairsville. Hardee’s Corps shifted to the southwest, where on the banks of Oothcaloga Creek the divisions of Bate, Walker, and Cleburne fought a rear guard action that delayed McPherson’s Army of the Tennessee for 24 hours and secured the passage of the wagon trains.
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Calhoun, Georgia · United States
