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Wintering at Dalton after Missionary Ridge, the Confederate Army of Tennessee fortified Rocky Face Ridge and dammed Mill Creek Gap into a flooded barrier; the strong defenses held against Sherman's May 1864 probes until a flank march forced retreat.
Confederate Defense of Mill Creek Gap is a historical marker in Rocky Face, Whitfield County, erected in 1989. 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, -85.0118 near Rocky Face. The nearest cataloged historic site is George Disney's Grave (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Flooded Gap, Mill Creek Gap, and Battle of Mill Creek Gap.
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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