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The Confederate defenders of Dalton impounded the waters of Mill Creek by a dam in the gap as a defensive measure when Federal forces under Sherman assailed this opening in Rocky Face Ridge. This temporary lake, together with fortifications in and bordering the gap, prevented its seizure by the 14th Army Corps. On May 8, detachments from the 34th Illinois made three abortive attempts to cut the dam. Operations of the 14 Army Corps against Mill Creek Gap from May 8-12, like the attacks in Crow Valley, served to engage the attention of Dalton's defenders while McPherson's Army of the Tennessee seized Snake Creek Gap 14 miles southward.
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