Guns will fire, horses will charge, flags will wave, and men will “perish” on May 20 – 22 as the battle ensues in a dramatic reenactment of the 1864 Battle of Resaca in Gordon County.

Hundreds of authentically clad Confederate and Union soldiers will converge on the original conflict site to commemorate the 147th anniversary of an important turning point in the Civil War, the first major engagement in General William Sherman’s March to the Sea and the eventual burning of Atlanta.

The reenactment is one of the few to occur on an intact original Civil War battle site.

Resaca Battlefield is one such place and the public is invited to witness history recreated.

The Battle of Resaca takes place on and around the 473-acre Chitwood Farm, which was recently added to complete the preservation of the full 650-acre battlefield site.

In 2008, after financial difficulties involving the property owners of the site of the annual Battle of Resaca Reenactment, the Trust for Public Land purchased 483 acres of the endangered site.

In 2011, many organizations came together including the Trust for Public Land, Civil War Trust, American Battlefield Protection Program, Georgia Battlefield Association, Friends of the Resaca Battlefield, and Gordon County to place this historic site in a conservation easement.

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