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Near LaFayette in Walker County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

McPherson’s Army at Snake Creek Gap

 
 
McPherson’s Army at Snake Creek Gap Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By David Seibert, July 15, 2012
1. McPherson’s Army at Snake Creek Gap Marker
Inscription. A narrow, 3 mi. passage between two ridges, beginning 1 mi. S. of this marker & ending at the fork of Sugar valley & Resaca roads.

May 8, 1864. While Geary’s Div. (20th A.C. [US]) stormed Rocky Face Ridge at Dug Gap, 5 mi N.E., McPherson’s Army of the Tenn. (15th & 16th A.C. [US]), gained a lodgment in Snake Cr. & held it while the 14th, 20th & 23d Corps [US] left the Dalton front & marched through the gap.

Outflanked in his position at Dalton, Johnston [CS] evacuated it, May 12, & withdrew to Resaca, which he defended against Sherman’s forces in two days of battle, May 14th & 15th.
 
Erected 1953 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 146-10.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Georgia Historical Society series list. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1750.
 
Location. 34° 40.493′ N, 85° 7.188′ W. Marker is near LaFayette, Georgia, in Walker County. Marker is on Lookout Mountain Scenic Highway (Georgia Route 136) 0.3 miles west of Georgia Route 201, on the right when traveling east. The marker is .2 mile west of the Villanow crossroads. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: La Fayette GA 30728, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of
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this marker, measured as the crow flies. Villanow (approx. 0.3 miles away); Geary's Division to Dug Gap (approx. 3.3 miles away); West Armuchee Valley (approx. 3.4 miles away); Snake Creek Gap (approx. 3˝ miles away); Ship's Gap (approx. 4.1 miles away); William Little House (approx. 4˝ miles away); Twentieth Corps in Dogwood Valley (approx. 5.2 miles away); "Callaway Place" - 1814. (approx. 5.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in LaFayette.
 
McPherson’s Army at Snake Creek Gap Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By David Seibert, July 15, 2012
2. McPherson’s Army at Snake Creek Gap Marker
Looking west on Georgia Highway 136 toward LaFayette.
McPherson’s Army at Snake Creek Gap Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By David Seibert, July 15, 2012
3. McPherson’s Army at Snake Creek Gap Marker
Looking east on Georgia Highway 136 toward Villanow
McPherson’s Army at Snake Creek Gap Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By David Seibert, July 15, 2012
4. McPherson’s Army at Snake Creek Gap Marker
Looking south at the marker and an abandoned concrete bridge, where the old highway crossed a small creek at this point
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 17, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 757 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 17, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.

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