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High up on Rocky Face south of the gap lies the lone grave of English-born George Disney of Company K, 4th Kentucky Infantry, Lewis' “Orphan Brigade,” Bate’s division, Hindman’s Corps, Confederate States. The 4th Kentucky was deployed to form a living telegraph line from the base to the summit of the ridge at a point where the view commanded Federal movements in the open valley northwest. Disney, stationed atop the ridge, was killed by a random bullet on February 25, 1864, and was buried where he fell. On May 13, 1912, Dalton Boy Scouts on a hike found the grave and, directed by Scout Master Wm. M. Sapp, Sr., replaced the inscribed heart-pine board with a marble marker.
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