- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Ascent to Dug Gap historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Whitfield County
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, 34.80561, -84.96722
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Dug Gap and E. Dug Gap Mtn. Rds., south of Walnut Ave. and just east of I-75
Text of marker: "ASCENT TO DUG GAP. 1.5 Mi. W. this road ascends to and crosses the summit of Rocky Face ridge - a direct route between Dalton and LaFayette. May 7, 1864. Grigsby's brigade (Wheeler's Cav.), after retreating from Tunnel Hill to Mill Creek Cap, camped on this road at foot of the ridge - all except Dortch's battalion, which ascended to the gap, joining the infantry post of Williamson's Arkansans. Dortch's arrival there, being reported to h'dq'rs at Dalton, prompted a peremptory order to Grigsby to send cavalry scouts across the ridge. The 9th Ky., on reaching Dogwood Valley, early the 8th, found the Federals advancing. 155-12 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1989" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_ascent-to-dug-gap
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_ascent-to-dug-gap
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
