Battle of Mill Creek Gap

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The Battle of Mill Creek Gap was an 1864 engagement in the American Civil War’s Atlanta Campaign, in which Union forces probed and attacked Confederate defensive positions near Dalton, Georgia, as part of General William T. Sherman’s advance into the Deep South.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle
battle
alsoKnownAs Action at Mill Creek Gap
belligerent Confederate States of America
United States (Union)
campaignObjective Union advance toward Atlanta
combatant Confederate Army of Tennessee
linked to: Army of Tennessee

Union Army
commander George H. Thomas
Joseph E. Johnston
Patrick R. Cleburne
linked to: Patrick Cleburne

William T. Sherman
commanderSide George H. Thomas – Union
linked to: George H. Thomas

Joseph E. Johnston – Confederacy
linked to: Joseph E. Johnston

Patrick R. Cleburne – Confederacy
linked to: Patrick Cleburne

William T. Sherman – Union
commemoratedIn Civil War histories of the Atlanta Campaign
conflict American Civil War
country United States
date May 8, 1864
followedBy Battle of Resaca
front Union Western armies vs. Confederate Army of Tennessee
geographicalFeature Mill Creek Gap in Rocky Face Ridge
historicalPeriod American Civil War era
linked to: American Civil War
location Mill Creek Gap, near Dalton, Georgia
partOf Atlanta Campaign
partOfOperation Sherman’s advance into the Deep South
precededBy Winter encampment of the Army of Tennessee at Dalton
relatedPlace Dalton, Georgia
Rocky Face Ridge
result Confederate defensive line initially holds
inconclusive
state Georgia
strategicObjective probe Confederate defenses near Dalton, Georgia
turn or break Confederate line at Mill Creek Gap and Rocky Face Ridge
tactics Confederate defense of mountain pass
Union probing attacks against fortified gap
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War
year 1864

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Battle of Rocky Face Ridge alsoKnownAs Battle of Mill Creek Gap