Old Tavern Road
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ggmorton
N 34° 49.242 W 085° 14.520
16S E 660778 N 3854568
A marker in Rock Spring in Walker county.
Waymark Code: WM25ZM
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2007
Views: 23
May 7, 1864. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee (15th & 16th A.C.), having marched by Lee & Gordon's Mill turned south east at this point & via Rock Springs Ch. on the old Tavern Road (State Highway 95), marched to its intersection with State Highway 151, & camped there that night.
McPherson's objective was to outflank Johnston's forces at Dalton by seizing Snake Creek Gap.
As originally planned, this flanking march was to have been made from Guntersville, Alabama, via Rome & Kingston, but failing to secure additional forces, Sherman decided on a more restricted approach to Johnston's rear, via Villanow & Snake Creek Gap.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 146-4
Date: 1953
Sponsor: Not listed
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