- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- The Flooded Gap historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Whitfield County
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, Mill Creek, 34.73258, -85.04217
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: abandoned strip of Old U.S 41 at Mill Creek
Text of marker: "THE FLOODED GAP May, 1864. The Confederate defenders of Dalton impounded the waters of Mill Creek by a dam, in the gap, as a measure of defense when Federal forces under Sherman assailed this opening in Rocky Face Ridge. This temporary lake, together with fortifications in & bordering the gap, prevented its seizure by the 14th Army Corps. May 8: three abortive attempts to cut the dam were made by detachments from the 34th Illinois. Operations of the 14 Army Corps against Mill Creek Gap (May 8-12), served to engage the attention of Dalton's defenders (as did the attacks in Crow Valley), while McPherson's Army of the Tennessee seized Snake Creek Gap 14 miles southward. 155-15 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1953" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_the-flooded-gap
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_the-flooded-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:
-
