Hood next moves to the west, crossing…
October 1864 CE
Hood next moves to the west, crossing the Coosa River in the vicinity of Rome, Georgia, near the Alabama state line.
He turns north in the direction of Resaca, Georgia, and joins with Major General Joseph Wheeler's cavalry, which had been previously raiding in Tennessee.
On October 12, Hood demands the surrender of the Union brigade stationed at Resaca and leaves Lieutenant General Stephen D. Lee's corps here to invest the city.
The seven hundred Union men under Colonel Clark R. Weaver refuse Hood's ultimatum to surrender, which warn that no prisoners will be taken.
Weaver replies "In my opinion I can hold this post. If you want it, come and take it."
Hood declines to attack the Union position because he believes that it would be too costly, instead bypassing the city, moving north, and continuing the destruction of the railroad.
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