MAY 14, 1864:
While the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse rages in its seventh day and some men are spared as a hard rain falls in Virginia, General William Tecumseh Sherman initiates the Campaign for Atlanta with an attack on Resaca, Georgia.
Resaca is an important telegraph hub, and Sherman has determined that it will be the pivot around which he turns his army south. The Union suffers 4,000 casualties out of a total force of almost 100,000. The Confederacy suffers 3,000 casualties out of a total of 60,000, and is unable to halt Sherman’s maneuver.
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