Snake Creek Gap

Snake Creek Gap is a Georgia historical marker in Gordon County, dedicated 1953.

On GA 136 in Sugar Valley.

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May 8, 1864. McPherson's 15th & 16th Corps [US] seized Snake Creek Gap. On the 9th, attempting to destroy the R. R. at Resaca, (defended by Cantey's Div. of Polk's Corps), [CS] McPherson was forced to withdraw to the mouth of the gap where he intrenched. This was the beginning of Sherman's [US] move to outflank Johnston's forces [CS] at Dalton. May 13-14, Sherman moved the 14th, 20th, and 23d Corps [US] through the gap & together with McPherson's troops, advanced toward Resaca -- the 4th Corps [US] marching due S. from Dalton. On the 14th began the two-day battle of Resaca.

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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 Snake Creek 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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Snake Creek Gap

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