Nickajack Gap

Nickajack Gap is a Georgia historical marker in Catoosa County, dedicated 1953.

At the intersection of Ga. 151 and East Nickajack Road in Ringgold.

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The road E. ascends Taylor's Ridge & via Nickajack Gap, crosses E. Chickamauga Cr. Valley. May 7, 1864. Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick's (3d) Div., Elliott's Cav. Corps (Army of the Cumberland) [US], moving from Ringgold, crossed Taylor's ridge at Nickajack Gap, followed by Williams' (1st) Div., 20th Corps. The 2d & 3d Divs. crossed the ridge 4.5 mi. S. at Gordon Springs Gap, the same day. Kilpatrick's Cav. masked the advance of the 20th A.C. into E. Chickamauga Valley, enroute to Mill Cr. Gap & Dug Gap, in Rocky Face Ridge -- outposts of the Confederate forces at Dalton commanded by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.

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1856 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1892 · Catoosa, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of Nickajack Gap, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1866, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Nickajack Gap

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