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At Mill Creek Gap, or Buzzard's Roost, Confederate engineers dammed the creek and entrenched along Rocky Face Ridge; from May 7-12, 1864, Palmer's Union 14th Corps demonstrated against this strong pass while Sherman flanked it through Snake Creek Gap.
Battle of Mill Creek Gap is a historical marker in Rocky Face, Whitfield County, erected in 2019. It is one of 64 historical markers documented in Whitfield County, among 106 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.8013, -85.0120 near Rocky Face. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mill Creek Gap (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Flooded Gap, Confederate Defense of Mill Creek Gap, and George Disney's Grave.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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