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Rocky Face is an unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Georgia, located in Whitfield County. [1] Its ZIP Code is 30740. [2] History.
The Battle of Rocky Face Ridge was fought May 7–13, 1864, in Whitfield County, Georgia, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. The Union army was led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and the Confederate army by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. Confederates were forced to evacuate their strong position due to a Union flanking ...
Guide to the Atlanta Campaign: Rocky Face Ridge to Kennesaw Mountain (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas), 2008. ISBN ...
Johnston had entrenched his army on the long, high mountain of Rocky Face Ridge and eastward across Crow Valley. Sherman had earlier decided to demonstrate against the strong Confederate position with the bulk of his force while he sent a smaller portion through Snake Creek Gap, to the right, to hit the Western & Atlantic Railroad at Resaca ...
Battle of Rocky Face Ridge fought May 7–13, 1864, in Whitfield County, Georgia during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. Rocky Face Fault , a geological feature Rocky Face, Georgia , an unincorporated area in the U.S. State of Georgia
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Rocky Mountain, [10] elevation 4,017 feet (1,224 m), is located on the Appalachian Trail along the boundary between Towns and White counties. [11] Via the Appalachian Trail, its summit of Rocky Mountain is located about 51.5 miles (82.9 km) from Springer Mountain, the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.
The campaign began with Johnston holding strong defensive positions at Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Face Ridge, which he hoped Sherman would assault. He was compelled to abandon Dalton when the Union Army of the Tennessee under James B. McPherson seized the unguarded Snake Creek Gap on May 8, threatening Resaca from the west.