Chestnut Flat

Walker County · dedicated 1953 · On GA 95, south of Round Pond Road in LaFayette.

May 7, 1864. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee (15th & 16th A.C.), enroute E. to Snake Cr. Gap reached this point on Little Chickamauga Creek at evening & camped for the night. This camp was in close proximity to two gaps in Taylor's Ridge, which barrier had to be passed by the Federal forces enroute to Villanow Snake Cr. Gap & the road to Resaca. That night, Col. Sprague's (2d) brigade, Veatch's (4th) Div., 16th A.C., was sent 4 mi. S. to Ship's Gap, which was seized at 9pm - a surprise move that insured an unopposed march of the 16th A.C. eastward, May 8. The 15th A.C. passed the ridge at Gordon Springs Gap the same day.

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