Battle of Rocky Face Ridge

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The Battle of Rocky Face Ridge was an early May 1864 engagement in the American Civil War’s Atlanta Campaign, where Union forces under William T. Sherman probed and flanked Confederate defenses near Dalton, Georgia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle
battle
alsoKnownAs Battle of Buzzard Roost
Battle of Mill Creek Gap
belligerent Confederate States of America
United States of America
surface form: United States (Union)
campaign Atlanta Campaign
casualtiesAndLossesConfederate approximately 600 casualties
casualtiesAndLossesUnion approximately 837 casualties
combatant Army of Tennessee
surface form: Confederate Army of Tennessee

Union Army
commander George H. Thomas
James B. McPherson
John Bell Hood
John Schofield
surface form: John M. Schofield

Joseph E. Johnston
William J. Hardee
William Tecumseh Sherman
conflict American Civil War
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date May 7–13, 1864
endDate 1864-05-13
followedBy Battle of Resaca
front Union demonstrations against Rocky Face Ridge front
geographicFeatureInvolved gap
ridge
maneuver Union flanking movement through Snake Creek Gap
militaryOperationType flanking maneuver
offensive operation
notableLocation Ringgold Gap
surface form: Mill Creek Gap

Rocky Face Ridge
Snake Creek Gap
partOf Atlanta Campaign
partOfSeries Atlanta Campaign
surface form: Sherman’s advance on Atlanta
place Whitfield County, Georgia
near Dalton, Georgia
precededBy Chattanooga Campaign
primaryConfederateArmy Army of Tennessee
primaryUnionArmy Military Division of the Mississippi
result Union victory
startDate 1864-05-07
state Georgia
strategicObjectiveConfederate defend Dalton, Georgia and block Union advance toward Atlanta
strategicObjectiveUnion flank Confederate position at Dalton, Georgia
strengthConfederate approximately 60,000 soldiers
strengthUnion approximately 98,000 soldiers
tacticalSummary Union forces demonstrated against Rocky Face Ridge front while flanking through Snake Creek Gap
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War
year 1864

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Atlanta Campaign notableBattle Battle of Rocky Face Ridge
Battle of Resaca precededBy Battle of Rocky Face Ridge