Old Tavern Road
May 7, 1864. McPherson´s Army of the Tennessee (15th & 16th A.C.), having marched by Lee & Gordon´s Mill turned S.E. at this point & via Rock Springs Ch. on the old Tavern Rd. (State Highway 95), marched to its intersection with State Highway 151, & camped there that night. McPherson´s objective was to outflank Johnston´s forces at Dalton by seizing Snake Cr. Gap.
As originally planned, this flanking march was to have been made from Guntersville, Ala., via Rome & Kingston, but failing to secure additional forces, Sherman decided on a more restricted approach to Johnston´s rear, via Villanow & Snake Creek Gap.
GHM146-4 Georgia Historical Commission 1953
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.