Ascent to Dug Gap
1.5 Mi. W. this road ascends to and crosses the summit of Rocky Face ridge -- a direct route between Dalton and la Fayette.
May 7, 1864. Grigsby´s brigade (Wheeler´s Cav.), after retreating from Tunnel Hill to Mill Creek Gap, camped on this road at foot of the ridge -- all except Dortch´s battalion, which ascended to the gap, joining the infantry post of Williamson´s Arkansans.
Dortch´s arrival there, being reported to h´dq´rs at Dalton, prompted a peremptory order to Grigsby to send cavalry scouts across the ridge. The 9th Ky., on reaching Dogwood Valley, early the 8th, found the Federals advancing.
GHM 155-12 Georgia Historic Marker 1989
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.