Dug Gap was an excavation at the summit of Rocky Face Ridge on the direct route between Dalton and LaFayette. Confederate forces guarded the gap when Dalton was occupied after the retreat from Missionary Ridge in Nov. 1863. Federal forces made two efforts to seize the gap, on Feb. 25 and May 8, 1864. The latter attempt was made by Buschbeck’s and Candy’s brigades of Geary’s 2d division, 20th A.C. These troops scaled the W. scarp of the ridge, but failed to dislodge the defenders, the 1st and 2d Arkansas regiments under Col. J. A. Williamson, and Grigsby’s brigade of Wheeler’s cavalry, supported by Cleburne’s division of Hardee’s Corps.

Photo: Brandon Fletcher

Photo: Brandon Fletcher

Photo: Brandon Fletcher

Photo: Brandon Fletcher

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