02/20/09

Photo Gallery: Chestnut Flat

Marker text:
May 7, 1864. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee (15th & 16th A.C.), enroute E. to Snake Cr. Gap reached this point on Little Chickamauga Creek at evening & camped for the night.

This camp was in close proximity to two gaps in Taylor's Ridge, which barrier had to be passed by the Federal forces enroute to Villanow, Snake Cr. Gap & the road to Resaca.

That night, Col. Sprague's (2d) brigade, Veatch's (4th) Div., 16th A.C., was sent 4 mi. S. to Ship's Gap, which was seized at 9 p.m. - a surprise move that insured an unopposed march of the 16th A.C. eastward, May 8. The 15th A.C. passed the ridge at Gordon Springs Gap the same day.

146-6 Georgia Historical Commission 1953