Battle of Dug Gap
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BATTLE OF DUG GAP. May 8, 1864. Maj. Gen. J.W. Geary, with Buschbeck's & Candy's brigades of the 2d div., 20th A.C., moving from near Gordon's Springs, reached this, the Babb Settlement, at 3 p.m. Planting McGill's Penna. Battery (3 inch Rodman guns) near Joel Babb's house, the Confederate position at Dug Gap in Rocky Face Ridge was shelled.
This was followed by a concerted assault up the steep scarp by Buschbeck's brigade on the right, Candy's on the left. Repeated attempts by the Federals to seize the gap ended in failure, but under cover of this engagement, McPherson's troops occupied Snake Creek Gap, 6 mi. S.W. 155-10 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954
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