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The Flooded Gap

May, 1864 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...

May, 1864 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...

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Confederate Defense of Mill Creek Gap

Feb. 25, 1864. Stewart´s and Breckinridge´s divs. in the gap, repulsed the attacks of the Federal 14th A.C., from the N.W., while Hindman´s A.C. drove back Cruft´s and Baird´s divs. in Crow Valley...

Feb. 25, 1864. Stewart´s and Breckinridge´s divs. in the gap, repulsed the attacks of the Federal 14th A.C., from the N.W., while Hindman´s A.C. drove back Cruft´s and Baird´s divs. in Crow Valley...

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