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On May 16, 1864, Johnston's Confederate forces withdrew from Resaca by pontoon, railroad, and trestle bridges over the Oostanaula River. The 4th and two divisions of the 14th Corps of the United States rebuilt two bridges that had been burned and followed the retreating Confederates south along the railroad and highway. Davis' 2d Division, 14th Army Corps, moved west of Resaca to Rome. The 20th and two divisions of the 23d Army Corps moved east to Fites Ferry on the Conasauga River, en route to crossings on the Coosawattee River at McClure's Ferry and at Fields Mill. The Army of the Tennessee crossed the Oostanaula River at Lay's Ferry near Snake Creek, six miles southwest.
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Resaca, Georgia · United States
