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To defend this gap through Rocky Face Ridge in May 1864, Confederates dammed Mill Creek, flooding the pass. Combined with earthworks, the water blocked Sherman's 14th Corps while McPherson's army slipped through Snake Creek Gap to the south.
Mill Creek Gap is a historical marker in Rocky Face, Whitfield County, erected in 1987. 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 The Flooded Gap (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Confederate Defense of Mill Creek Gap, George Disney's Grave, 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.
“Mill Creek Gap” names 2 distinct records in Whitfield County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1987 in Rocky Face. The others:
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