CHRONOLOGY

From the Civil War to Killed at Resaca

12 April 1861 — The American Civil War begins with Confederate artillery fire on Fort Sumter.

1 January 1863 — The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect.

24 April 1863 — President Abraham Lincoln approves General Orders No. 100, the Lieber Code, for Union armies in the field.

22 May 1863 — The War Department establishes the Bureau of Colored Troops.

1–3 July 1863 — The Battle of Gettysburg is fought in Pennsylvania.

Night of 4–5 July 1863 — The Battle of Monterey Pass is fought during the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg.

13–15 May 1864 — Union and Confederate forces fight the Battle of Resaca during the Atlanta Campaign.

June 1864 — Ambrose Bierce suffers a serious head wound at Kennesaw Mountain.

5 June 1887 — “Killed at Resaca” appears in The San Francisco Examiner.

1891 — The story is collected in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians.

2017 — Jacob L. T. Bates begins directing and editing films through History Boy Productions.

24–26 July and 1–3 August 2026 — Killed at Resaca is filmed over six days at Monterey Pass Battlefield Park, the Lincoln Train Museum, Langdon Hill House, and nearby locations.

August 2026 and after — Work continues on editing, a museum display, a marker, certificates, interviews, the website, the production archive, and the companion book.