Ship's Gap
May 7, 1864. Col. J.W. Sprague´s (2nd) brigade, Veatch´s (4th) Div., 16th A.C., having camped with the corps on the little Chickamauga (near Catlett 4 mi. N.), pushed forward in a surprise move and seized this gap in Taylor´s Ridge at 9p.m.
This enabled Dodge & the 16th A.C. (McPherson´s Army of the Tenn.) to march E., unopposed, to Villanow & Snake Creek Gap, May 8.
The 15th Corps (same army) crossed at Gordon Springs Gap, 4miles N.E.. McPerson´s move to Snake Creek Gap outlfanked the Confederate forces under Gen. J.C. Johnston at Dalton-- resulting later in the evacuation of that place and the two days of battle at Resaca.
GHM 146-7 Georgia Historic Marker 1992
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.