Geary's Division to Dug Gap
May 8, 1864, Brig. Gen. J.W. Geary, with Buschbeck’s & Candy’s brigades 2d div., A.C., marched on this road from Near Gordon’s Springs. Turning E. here
(near Whitfield – Walker County line ), Geary’s troops moved to Dug Gap in Rocky Face Ridge 5 miles from this points.
This move was made to outflank Johnston’s army at Dalton by seizing Dug Gap & also to give support to McPherson’s Army of the Tennessee which moved via Ship’s Gap & Villanow to Snake Creek Gap. Geary failed to take Dug Gap; McPherson’s occupation of Snake Creek Gap led to the evacuation of Dalton by Johnston’s forces.
Marker is on Lafayette Road (Georgia Route 201) 0 miles north of Lodge Road, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
