Historical Marker

Ship's Gap

Ga. 136 at Old Villanow Rd. 1 mile east of jct. with Ga. 151 ยท Walker

Georgia marker

Inscription

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 9 p.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, 4 miles N.E. McPerson's move to Snake Creek Gap outflanked 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.

146-7 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1992

Location

AddressGa. 136 at Old Villanow Rd. 1 mile east of jct. with Ga. 151
CountyWalker
StateGeorgia
Coordinates34.735660, -85.300980

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