- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Dug Gap historical marker
- Creator:
- Hooks, Byron
- 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: entrance to the Dug Gap Battle Park on Dug Gap Battle Road
Text of marker: "DUG GAP. An excavation at the summit of Rocky Face Ridge on the direct route between Dalton and LaFayette. This gap was guarded by Confederate forces when Dalton was occupied after the retreat from Missionary Ridge in Nov. 1863. Federal forces made 2 efforts to seize the gap: Feb. 25 and May 8, 1864. The latter attempt was made by Bushbeck's and Candy's brigades of Geary's (2d) div., 20th A.C. These troops scaled the W. scarp of the ridge, but failed to dislodge the defenders: 1st and 2d Arkansas reg'ts., under Col. J.A. Williamson, and Grigsby's brigade of Wheeler's cav., supported by Cleburne's div. of Hardee's Corps. 155-11 Georgia Historic Marker 1986" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_dug-gap
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_dug-gap
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
