Battle of Mill Creek Gap

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The Battle of Mill Creek Gap was an 1864 engagement in the American Civil War’s Atlanta Campaign, in which Union forces probed and attacked Confederate defensive positions near Dalton, Georgia, as part of General William T. Sherman’s advance into the Deep South.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Action at Mill Creek Gap ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignObjective Union advance toward Atlanta ⓘ
combatant Confederate Army of Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Army of Tennessee

Union Army ⓘ
commander George H. Thomas ⓘ
Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
Patrick R. Cleburne ⓘ
linked to: Patrick Cleburne

William T. Sherman ⓘ
commanderSide George H. Thomas – Union ⓘ
linked to: George H. Thomas

Joseph E. Johnston – Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Joseph E. Johnston

Patrick R. Cleburne – Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Patrick Cleburne

William T. Sherman – Union ⓘ
commemoratedIn Civil War histories of the Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date May 8, 1864 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Resaca ⓘ
front Union Western armies vs. Confederate Army of Tennessee ⓘ
geographicalFeature Mill Creek Gap in Rocky Face Ridge ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
location Mill Creek Gap, near Dalton, Georgia ⓘ
partOf Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
partOfOperation Sherman’s advance into the Deep South ⓘ
precededBy Winter encampment of the Army of Tennessee at Dalton ⓘ
relatedPlace Dalton, Georgia ⓘ
Rocky Face Ridge ⓘ
result Confederate defensive line initially holds ⓘ
inconclusive ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
strategicObjective probe Confederate defenses near Dalton, Georgia ⓘ
turn or break Confederate line at Mill Creek Gap and Rocky Face Ridge ⓘ
tactics Confederate defense of mountain pass ⓘ
Union probing attacks against fortified gap ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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Battle of Rocky Face Ridge → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Mill Creek Gap ⓘ