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Photo Gallery: 4th Corps' Route to Tunnel Hill
Marker text:
May 7, 1864. The 4th A.C., marching from Catoosa Springs,
moved S. on this road to Tunnel Hill - Stanley's div. in advance, followed
by Wood & Newton; Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard, commanding. The march was opposed
by outposts of Wheeler's cav. - the road obstructed by felled timber. This
move, together with the march of Palmer's 14th A.C. on direct rd. from
Ringgold to Tunnel Hill, was the beginning of hostilities in the Campaign
for Atlanta. Wheeler's cav., driven from Tunnel Hill, withdrew to Mill Creek
Gap. During the next 5 days; Federal attempts to take Dalton were without
success.
023-5 Georgia Historical Commission 1954
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