- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Ship's 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, 34.73566, -85.30098
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Ga. 136 at Old Villanow Rd. 1 mile east of jct. with Ga. 151
Text of marker: "SHIP'S GAP. May 7, 1864. Col. J.W. Sprague's (2nd) brigade, Veatch's (4th) Div., 16th A.C., having camped with the corps on the little Chickamauga (near Catlett 4 mi. N.), pushed forward in a surprise move and seized this gap in Taylor's Ridge at 9 p.m. This enabled Dodge & the 16th A.C. (McPherson's Army of the Tenn.) to march E., unopposed, to Villanow & Snake Creek Gap, May 8. The 15th Corps (same army) crossed at Gordon Springs Gap, 4 miles N.E. McPerson's move to Snake Creek Gap outflanked the Confederate forces under Gen. J.C. Johnston at Dalton - resulting later in the evacuation of that place and the two days of battle at Resaca. 146-7 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1992" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_ships-gap
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_ships-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:
-
