Geary's Division to Dug Gap

Whitfield County · dedicated 2001 · On GA 201, north of Joe Robertson Road in Rocky Face.

May 8, 1864, Brig. Gen. J.W. Geary, with Buschbeck's & Candy's brigades 2d div., A.C., marched on this road from near Gordon's Springs. Turning E. here (near Whitfield - Walker County line), Geary's troops moved to Dug Gap in Rocky Face Ridge 5 miles from this point. This move was made to outflank Johnston's army at Dalton by seizing Dug Gap & also to give support to McPherson's Army of the Tennessee which moved via Ship's Gap & Villanow to Snake Creek Gap. Geary failed to take Dug Gap; McPherson's occupation of Snake Creek Gap led to the evacuation of Dalton by Johnston's forces.

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