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I can not find a skirmish but I found this...
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At 7am on May 7th, Wheeler was ordered “to leave a body of cavalry in the valley west and south” of Mill Creek Gap.2 This would maintain Confederate control of the valley between the two ridges and, as of the morning of May 7th, Johnston considered the defensive perimeter on his left to be west of Snake Creek Gap.
Sherman’s plan for May 7th called for the 20th Corps to cross Taylor ridge at Nickajack and Gordon’s gaps then push across the valley to provide cover for McPherson’s Army of the Tennessee to move through Gordon’s and Ship’s gaps to Villanow and then on to Snake Creek gap. As the 20th Corps crossed Taylor Ridge, “surprising the outposts of the enemy on the ridge”,3 they found “a cavalry picket of about 400 or 500 men at Gordon’s Springs”, on the east side of Gordon’s gap.4 These were presumably the cavalry Wheeler had left in the valley in response to the order mentioned in the previous paragraph.
I found a road side marker... there are photos...
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The road E. ascends Taylor’s Ridge & via Nickajack Gap, crosses E. Chickamauga Cr. Valley.
May 7, 1864. Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick’s (3d) Div., Elliott’s Cav. Corps (Army of the Cumberland) [US], moving from Ringgold, crossed Taylor’s Ridge at Nickajack Gap, followed by Williams’ (1st) Div., 20th Corps.
The 2d & 3d Divs. crossed the ridge 4.5 mi. S. at Gordon Springs Gap, the same day. Kilpatrick’s Cav. masked the advance of the 20th A.C. into E. Chickamauga Valley, enroute to Mill Cr. Gap & Dug Gap, in Rocky Face Ridge -- outposts of the Confederate forces at Dalton commanded by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
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The Road To Villanow, May 7th and 8th, 1864
Back in 2012 I wrote a post about the Confederate defense of Resaca, Georgia, in which I argued that General Joseph Johnston took adequate measures to protect the town and the railway bridge from t…
www.brettschulte.net
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At 7am on May 7th, Wheeler was ordered “to leave a body of cavalry in the valley west and south” of Mill Creek Gap.2 This would maintain Confederate control of the valley between the two ridges and, as of the morning of May 7th, Johnston considered the defensive perimeter on his left to be west of Snake Creek Gap.
Sherman’s plan for May 7th called for the 20th Corps to cross Taylor ridge at Nickajack and Gordon’s gaps then push across the valley to provide cover for McPherson’s Army of the Tennessee to move through Gordon’s and Ship’s gaps to Villanow and then on to Snake Creek gap. As the 20th Corps crossed Taylor Ridge, “surprising the outposts of the enemy on the ridge”,3 they found “a cavalry picket of about 400 or 500 men at Gordon’s Springs”, on the east side of Gordon’s gap.4 These were presumably the cavalry Wheeler had left in the valley in response to the order mentioned in the previous paragraph.
I found a road side marker... there are photos...
Nickajack Gap Historical Marker
The road E. ascends Taylor’s Ridge & via Nickajack Gap, crosses E. Chickamauga Cr. Valley..d May 7, 1864. Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick’s (3d) Div., Elliott’s Cav. (A historical marker located near Ringgold in Catoosa County, Georgia.)
www.hmdb.org
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The road E. ascends Taylor’s Ridge & via Nickajack Gap, crosses E. Chickamauga Cr. Valley.
May 7, 1864. Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick’s (3d) Div., Elliott’s Cav. Corps (Army of the Cumberland) [US], moving from Ringgold, crossed Taylor’s Ridge at Nickajack Gap, followed by Williams’ (1st) Div., 20th Corps.
The 2d & 3d Divs. crossed the ridge 4.5 mi. S. at Gordon Springs Gap, the same day. Kilpatrick’s Cav. masked the advance of the 20th A.C. into E. Chickamauga Valley, enroute to Mill Cr. Gap & Dug Gap, in Rocky Face Ridge -- outposts of the Confederate forces at Dalton commanded by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
Here try this page 879....
The Union Army: Cyclopedia of battles
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