George Disney's Grave

Whitfield County · dedicated 1954 · On US 41, north of I-75 in Rocky Face.

High up on Rocky Face, south of gap, is the lone grave of English-born George Disney, Co. K., 4th Ky. Inft., Lewis' "Orphan Brigade", Bate's div., Hindman's Corps [CS]. The 4th Ky. was deployed to form a living telegraph line from base to summit of the ridge at the point where the view commanded Federal movements in open valley N.W. Disney, atop the ridge, was killed by a random bullet, Feb. 25, 1864; he was buried where he fell. Dalton Boy Scouts, on a hike, found the grave, & directed by Scout Master Wm. M. Sapp, Sr., they replaced the inscribed heart-pine board with a marble marker, May 13, 1912.

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