Resaca er um 40 km su\u00f0austur af Chickamauga og um 115 km nor\u00f0ur af borginni Atlanta \u00ed Georg\u00edu-fylki. Vi\u00f0 Resaca t\u00f3ku um 159.000 hermenn \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed bardaganum 13.-15. ma\u00ed 1864; t\u00e6plega 99.000 \u00far Sambandshernum og 60.000 \u00far her Su\u00f0urr\u00edkjabandalagsins. \u00c1\u00e6tla\u00f0 manntj\u00f3n er r\u00e9tt um 5.550 manns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vori\u00f0 1864 var Chattanooga \u00ed Tennessee-fylki enn \u00e1 valdi Sambandshersins en ef Sambandinu \u00e6tti a\u00f0 takast a\u00f0 komast d\u00fdpra inn \u00ed Su\u00f0urr\u00edkin og berja ni\u00f0ur uppreisn Su\u00f0urr\u00edkjabandalagsins \u00feyrfti \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 n\u00e1 borginni Atlanta undir sig. \u00c1 t\u00edma borgarastr\u00ed\u00f0sins bjuggu \u00fear um 10.000 manns, \u00fear af um fimmtungur \u00e1nau\u00f0ugir, og samkv\u00e6mt manntalinu 1860 var Atlanta ekki nema 13. st\u00e6rsta borg \u00feess sv\u00e6\u00f0is sem svo var\u00f0 Su\u00f0urr\u00edkjabandalagi\u00f0. Herna\u00f0arlegt mikilv\u00e6gi hennar f\u00f3lst \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00ed gegnum hana l\u00e1 lestarkerfi sem tengdist vi\u00f0 alla anga bandalagsins, auk \u00feess sem h\u00fan var afar mikilv\u00e6g mi\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0 framlei\u00f0slu og verslunar \u00ed Su\u00f0urr\u00edkjunum. Sambandsherinn, me\u00f0 hersh\u00f6f\u00f0ingjann William T. Sherman \u00ed broddi fylkingar, skipulag\u00f0i \u00fev\u00ed herfer\u00f0 fr\u00e1 Chattanooga til Atlanta, hverrar markmi\u00f0 var a\u00f0 uppr\u00e6ta her Tennessee-fylkis, hernema Atlanta og skera \u00feannig \u00e1 nau\u00f0synlegar flutningslei\u00f0ir innan Su\u00f0urr\u00edkjabandalagsins. Bardaginn vi\u00f0 Resaca var annar bardaginn \u00ed \u00feeirri herfer\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Herfer\u00f0in st\u00f3\u00f0 yfir fr\u00e1 7. ma\u00ed til 2. september 1864 me\u00f0 alls 12 bard\u00f6gum. Eftir fyrsta bardagann, sem \u00e1tti s\u00e9r sta\u00f0 vi\u00f0 Rocky Face Ridge og lauk me\u00f0 sigri Sambandshersins, s\u00e1 Sherman hersh\u00f6f\u00f0ingi a\u00f0 me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0ast \u00e1 lestarspori\u00f0 vi\u00f0 Resaca og n\u00e1 j\u00e1rnbrautinni \u00e1 sitt vald m\u00e6tti b\u00e6\u00f0i hindra undanhald Su\u00f0urr\u00edkjamanna \u00ed \u00e1tt til Atlanta, \u00fear sem \u00feeir yr\u00f0u \u00f6\u00f0rum herdeildum vi\u00f0b\u00f3tarstyrkur, og koma \u00ed veg fyrir matarbirg\u00f0ir b\u00e6rust \u00f6\u00f0rum herdeildum Su\u00f0urr\u00edkjabandalagsins.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00deann 27. ma\u00ed \u00e1tti fj\u00f3r\u00f0i bardaginn s\u00e9r sta\u00f0 vi\u00f0 Pickett\u2019s Mill<\/a>, og um \u00feann bardaga ritar Ambrose Bierce \u00ed minningarbrotum s\u00ednum; The Crime at Pickett’s Mill.\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sj\u00f6undi bardaginn \u00e1tti s\u00e9r sta\u00f0 \u00e1 Kennesaw-fjalli \u00feann 27. j\u00fan\u00ed<\/a>. \u00dea\u00f0 var \u00ed \u00feeim bardaga e\u00f0a undanfara hans sem Bierce var skotinn \u00ed h\u00f6fu\u00f0i\u00f0 af leyniskyttu \u00far r\u00f6\u00f0um Su\u00f0urr\u00edkjamanna og var sendur \u00e1 hersj\u00fakrah\u00fas \u00ed Chattanooga. Hann sneri aftur til herdeildar sinnar \u00ed september en \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir veikindaleyfi\u00f0 voru eftirm\u00e1lar h\u00f6fu\u00f0\u00e1verkans \u00feeir a\u00f0 allar g\u00f6tur s\u00ed\u00f0ar \u00fej\u00e1\u00f0ist hann af h\u00f6fu\u00f0verkjum og svimak\u00f6stum. \u00cd jan\u00faar 1865, eftir 4 \u00e1ra og 9 m\u00e1na\u00f0a hermennsku, tilkynnti Bierce formlega a\u00f0 hann myndi h\u00e6tta st\u00f6rfum sem sl\u00edkur.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Resaca er um 40 km su\u00f0austur af Chickamauga og um 115 km nor\u00f0ur af borginni Atlanta \u00ed Georg\u00edu-fylki. Vi\u00f0 Resaca t\u00f3ku um 159.000 hermenn \u00fe\u00e1tt…<\/p>\nTengt efni \u00e1 vefnum: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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