- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- McPherson's Army at Snake Creek Gap historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Walker County
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Walker County, Villanow, 34.67369, -85.11467
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Ga. 136 .3 mile east of Villanow
Text of marker: "McPHERSON'S ARMY AT SNAKE CREEK GAP. A narrow, 3 mi. passage between 2 ridges, begining 1 mi. S. of this marker & ending at the fork of Sugar Valley & Resaca roads. May 8th 1864. While Geary's Div. (20th A.C. Union) stormed Rocky Face Ridge at Dug Gap, 5 mi. N.E., McPherson's Army of the Tenn. (15th & 16th A.C. Union), gained a lodgment in Snake Cr. Gap & held it while the 14th, 20th & 23d Corps [Union] left the Dalton front & marched through the gap.Outflanked in his position at Dalton, Johnston [Confederate] evacuated it, May 12, & withdrew to Resaca, which he defended against Sherman's forces in 2 days of battle, May 14th & 15th. 146-10 Georgia Historical Commission 1953" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_mcphersons-army-at-snake-creek-gap
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_mcphersons-army-at-snake-creek-gap
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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