Hood's Corps at Battle of Ruff's Mill
![When Johnston´s forces [CS] withdrew from Kennesaw Mtn., July 3, 1864, they occupied a double line of field works extending from Smyrna S. W. to Nickajack Creek at Dodgen´s Mill, more or less...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Gci9EWV7qOcXI4pooKDgXtZ9g_tXW1Tp3NF_3712eE02JpMGznUPopIlOJA4VseihBZYQwBtBgYFbpv2fifPqg7qC78)
When Johnston´s forces [CS] withdrew from Kennesaw Mtn., July 3, 1864, they occupied a double line of field works extending from Smyrna S. W. to Nickajack Creek at Dodgen´s Mill, more or less along this, the old Concord Road.
Hood´s Corps held the left, (S.W.) sector of the lines which crossed the road at this point.
July 4. Federal forces moved up, investing the entire Confederate position. Dodge´s 16th A. C. [US] crossed Nickajack at Ruff´s Mill & late P.M.. Fuller´s brigade (4th div.) moved up this rd., the attack falling upon Stevenson´s div. [CS], driving it from the first line of works.
033-75 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.