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Resaca and Beach
The name is tongue-in-cheek, since there is no ocean for hundreds of miles, although it draws reference to a once popular bathing spot on the Oostanaula riverbank commonly deemed Resaca Beach.

Resaca and at
* Jerry Garcia lived at the bottom of Resaca St. in Forest Knolls.
Resaca is located at ( 34. 579116 ,-84. 943989 ).
The city was named by returning Mexican-American War inductees who fought at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma ( translated Dry River Bed of the Palms ) near Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, in 1846.
Before earning his civil engineering degree from RPI, Buck fought for the Union Army in the American Civil War under General Slocum, participating in the battles at Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Peachtree Creek, Resaca and
Wheeler rendezvoused with Hood's army in early October after destroying the railroad bridge at Resaca.
In Mexico, Thomas led a gun crew with distinction at the battles of Fort Brown, Resaca de la Palma, Monterrey, and Buena Vista, receiving three brevet promotions.
Although artillery continued a sporadic fire upon the fort, much of the Mexican infantry and cavalry ( Gen. Pedro Ampudia's Brigade ) surrounding the post moved forward to join the fighting at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma.
The American victory at Resaca de la Palma brought an end to the six-day bombardment of Fort Texas.
Later absolved of guilt for the defeats at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, Arista spent the rest of the war as a functionary, seeing little combat.
At the Battle of Palo Alto, Ampudia harshly criticized Arista for what he saw as " unacceptable tactical blunders " and continued his criticism at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma – a defeat for which Arista partially blamed him.
In the Mexican-American War he served under General Zachary Taylor at the Battle of Palo Alto and the Battle of Resaca de la Palma.
Confederate earthworks overlooking the battlefield at Resaca, 1864.
He fought at the Battle of Palo Alto on May 8, 1846, and at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma the next day.
With Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's army he marched to Atlanta in the memorable campaign of 1864, the line of march being marked by engagements at Rocky Face Ridge, Dalton, Resaca, Kingston, Kennesaw Mountain and various other points.
He later commanded the 3rd brigade of the 4th Division of the XXIII Corps in Kentucky and Tennessee and participated in Sherman's Atlanta Campaign at the battles of Rocky Face Ridge and Resaca.
As an artillery battalion commander he distinguished himself in the Mexican-American War, serving under both Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott, at Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterrey, and Churubusco.
On May 13, he was severely wounded in the thigh at the Battle of Resaca and his injuries kept him out of the field until late July.
During the Mexican-American War, he led a brigade in the Army of Occupation at the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma.
He also was in action at the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma.
They had lost a very strong position at Dalton, and had fallen back from Resaca, Calhoun, and Adairsville.
Certain it is that on the fields of Palo Alto, Resaca De La Palra, and at the desperate struggle of Monterey, where the regimental band of the Fourth found their role of spectators no longer supportable and, throwing away their instruments, they rushed a Mexican light battery, seized it, and swung it about upon their fleeing enemy.
Arriving at Guadalajara on May 10, Wood and his companion found the town " in a high state of agitation " owing to the reception there of the news of the battles between American and Mexican forces at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, on the Rio Grande River.

Resaca and one
" At the Battle of Resaca Colonel Young led the first charge on the center of the enemy's works, where his regiment was repulsed with great slaughter, losing one hundred and sixteen men out of two hundred and seventy in a few minutes.

Resaca and known
The Clisby Austin House also acted as the Headquarters of Union Gen. William T. Sherman while he made his plans for his attacks against nearby Dalton and Resaca, Georgia, which became the opening battles of what would later become known as his famous Atlanta Campaign.

Resaca and was
" The Town of Resaca was incorporated and granted a charter by the State of Georgia in 1981.
The Civil War Battle of Resaca was fought in and around Resaca in May 1864.
Arista was in command of Mexican forces during the Battle of Palo Alto and the Battle of Resaca de la Palma.
At both the Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, Arista was ill served by the political division among his staff.
After Resaca de la Palma, Mexico's government recalled Arista, and he was removed from command.
The Battle of Resaca was part of the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War.
General Manson returned to brigade command, in the Army of the Ohio, during the Atlanta Campaign and was seriously wounded in the Battle of Resaca, Georgia.
On March 30, 2009 the site was redesignated a National Historical Park, and the park was expanded to include the Resaca de la Palma Battlefield, which is a separate 34 acres inside the Brownsville city limits.
Back in Georgia during the Atlanta Campaign, he fought from Dalton to Resaca in May 1864, where he was injured.
In 1846 he was promoted second lieutenant and fought in Zachary Taylor's Army of Occupation during the battles of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma and Monterrey.

Resaca and city
Resaca is a city in Gordon County, Georgia, and Whitfield County, Georgia along the Oostanaula River.
As the brigade of Brigadier General James Cantey started to move through the city on May 7, 1864, cavalry scouts alerted Johnston that a large number of Union troops were moving towards Rome, Georgia, on roads that led through Resaca.

Resaca and Dalton
: Confederate General Johnston fights and retreats from Dalton ( May 7 – 13 ) to Resaca ( May 13 – 15 ) to Kennesaw Mountain ( June 27 ).

Resaca and .
* 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Resaca, Georgia ends.
* 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Resacathe battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta, Georgia.
Discontent with his responsibilities as a quartermaster, Grant made his way to the front lines to engage in the battle, and participated as a de-facto cavalryman in the battles of Resaca de la Palma, Palo Alto, Monterrey, and Veracruz.
* May 13 – American Civil War – Battle of Resaca: The battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.
May 13: Battle of Resaca.
Inland, the tallest point on the island is Mount Resaca, with an elevation of 650 feet ( 198 m ), followed by Balcón Hill, with an elevation of 541 feet ( 164. 9 m ).
Each year a re-enactment of the Battle of Resaca, the first battle of the Atlanta Campaign, is held on the third weekend of May.
Resaca is also the location of the first Confederate cemetery in the state of Georgia.
Green, who with her own hands gathered and interred the bones and bodies of the Confederate dead left lying on the Resaca Battlefield, should always be sacred to us.
Since 1977, the Resaca area has been the home of the Monastery of the Glorious Ascension, housed in the former midcentury modern hilltop residence purchased from the late Rev.
Local boosterism proclaims: " Resaca Beach-North Georgia's Gateway to the Gulf.

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