Dear Gov. Barnes
Sir, it is a sad time in are history, when we most write to you for help and to brother
you when you are so busy with matters of the state, But I feel that you help is needed in
the matter of Saving the Resaca Battlefield. I personally do not no Mr. Flecther and have
formed no opion of him, he has do what he can do with his money and that is as it should
be, but there are other sites in this county that are far more prettier and would have
cost less to have, but why buy this land, he knowns nothing of the Civil War history of
are town and the area he lives in and cares not to learn, he is from Tennessee and this
not being a bad think shows he took no time to learn the area history before setting in to
a hornets nest that seems likley to bite him in the end.
Sir, where i'm going with this is this, The Resaca Battlfield should be saved for the
History of remembering what was fought for and what they died for, there are a large
number of Georgians buried in the little Resaca Confederate Cemetery just east of this
land that fought and died hear for what they believed in and some of these good people
that have taken up the fight to save the Resaca Battlefield are desendents of these brave
men, there should be a change to save this battlefield fro what is to become of it and
like the nation see the little battle that was fought here then and is about to be fought
here again ment something and the lives lost here union and confederate where not lost in
vein.
As a descendent of Georgia Confederate Soldiers who fought at Resaca, Ga. and othe battles
of the Atlanta Campaign, I'm ashamed at what we have to go thru to get this battlefield
and to the links we will have to go to get your help and the states help to achieve the
goal of this, the state has had years to do the right thing and has fumbled the ball,
please Gov. Barnes be are Quarterback and lead this to a victory.
Thank
You
an
ashamed Georgian
William
T. Hobgood