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Battle of Resaca

Confederate Commander

Gen. Joseph E. Johnston

Forces Engaged: 60,000 - 70,000

Casualties and Losses: 2,800- 3,000

May 13-15, 1864

Gordon and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Inconclusive

Part of the Atlanta Campaign

Forces Engaged: 98,787 - 110,000

Casualties and Losses: 2,747-4,000

Confederate Officers

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Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood

Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee

Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk

Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne

Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson

Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart

Maj. Gen. William W. Loring

Maj. Gen. B. F. Cheatham

Maj. Gen. William B. Bate

Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman

Maj. Gen. Samuel S. French

Brig. Gen. Edward C. Walthall

Brig. Gen. Marcellus A. Stovall

Brig. Gen. Henry D. Clayton

Brig. Gen. Alpheus Baker

Brig. Gen. Randall L. Gibson

Brig. Gen. George E. Maney

Brig. Gen. Otho F. Stahl

Brig. Gen. John C. Carter

Brig. Gen. Alfred J. Vaughn

Brig. Gen. Lucius E. Polk

Brig. Gen. Mark P. Lowrey

Brig. Gen. Hiram B. Granbury

Brig. Gen. Thomas B. Smith

Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis

Brig. Gen. Jesse J. Finley

Brig. Gen. Zachariah C. Deas

Brig. Gen. Arthur Manigault

Brig. Gen. William F. Tucker

Brig. Gen. John C. Brown

Brig. Gen. Alfred Cumming

Brig. Gen. Alexander W. Reynolds

Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus

Brig. Gen. Winfield S. Featherston

Brig. Gen. John Adams

Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Scott

Brig. Gen. Matthew D. Ector

Brig. Gen. James Cantey

Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Reynolds

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Confederate Order of Battle

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Confederate Official Records

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Union Officers

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Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas

Maj. Gen. Daniel Butterfield

Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard

Maj. Gen. David S. Stanley

Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield

Maj. Gen. Peter Osterhaus

Maj. Gen. Greenville M. Dodge

Maj. Gen. John M. Palmer

Maj. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis

Brig. Gen. William Grose

Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner

Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood

Brig. Gen. William B. Hayes

Brig. Gen. Richard W. Johnson

Brig. Gen. James D. Morgan

Brig. Gen. Joseph F. Knipe

Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger

Brig. Gen. John W. Geary

Brig. Gen. William T. Ward

Brig. Gen. Nathaniel C. McLean

Brig. Gen. Milo S. Hascall

Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox

Brig. Gen. James W. Reilly

Brig. Gen. Mahlon D. Moxson

Brig. Gen. Morgan L. Smith

Brig. Gen. Joseph A. J. Lighthouse

Brig. Gen. William Harrow

Brig. Gen. Charles C. Walcutt

Brig. Gen. James M. Corse

Brig. Gen. Elliott W. Rice

Brig. Gen. John W. Fuller

Brig. Gen. John W. Sprague

Brig. Gen. John Newton

Brig. Gen. Luther P. Bradley

Brig. Gen. August Willich

Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen

Brig. Gen. James D. Morgan

Brig. Gen. Alpheus G. Williams

Brig. Gen. Alvin P. Hovey

Brig. Gen. Charles R. Woods

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Union Order of Battle

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Union Official Records

Records 1 through 117

Records 118 through 225

Records 226 through 348

Records 350 through 565

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          Historical Society, 2008. p 304-306

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------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.

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