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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6Y3_twentieth-corps-in-dogwood-valley_Rocky-Face-GA.html
May 7, 1864. Gen. Hooker`s 20th A.C. crossed Taylor's Ridge at Nickajack & Gordon Springs Gaps, moving E. toward Rocky Face Ridge. Geary's 2d & Butterfield's 3d divs., via Gordon`s Springs, reached this point that afternoon. Butterfield's troops m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6Y2_callaway-place-1814_Rocky-Face-GA.html
Jesse Callaway, soldier of 1812, son of Joseph Callaway, soldier of '76, lived in this house from 1852 to 1867. The house, built with bricks made on the place, remained in the family until after 1900. It is said to have been built about 1814. Call…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6XY_the-chase-and-a-battle_Dalton-GA.html
To the left over the railroad crossing stood a water tower where the famed "General", of "The Great Locomotive Chase" stopped for water while being chased by the "Texas", April 12, 1862. A brief stop was made at nearby Green's Wood Yard for fuel.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6XX_confederate-cemetery_Dalton-GA.html
421 unknown Confederate, four known Confederate and four unknown Federal soldiers are buried here. Some of these men died of wounds received in the Battles of Stone`s River, Perryville, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6XV_ascent-to-dug-gap_Dalton-GA.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6XU_the-flooded-gap_Rocky-Face-GA.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6XT_crow-valley_Dalton-GA.html
Federal forces moved south on this road in an attempt to outflank the Confederate defenders at Mill Creek Gap, which was being threatened by two Federal divisions from the west. These movements were to test the strength of Johnston`s army at Dalto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5RI_campaign-for-atlanta-johnstons-review_Dalton-GA.html
On April 19, 1864, General Joseph E. Johnston reviewed the Confederate Army of Tennessee on this ridge. After his appointment in December 1863, Johnston rebuilt a defeated and demoralized army following Confederate General Braxton Bragg's defeat a…