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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 ...
The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Atlanta campaign of the American Civil War.The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.
The next morning, as he discovered Sherman's army withdrawing from their positions in front of Rocky Face Ridge, Johnston retired south towards Resaca. [8] So began the first of a long series of flanking maneuvers by Sherman against Johnston; Sherman became so good at the tactic that his men boasted that Sherman "could flank the devil out of ...
Sherman's campaign began on May 7, as his three armies departed from the vicinity of Chattanooga. He launched demonstration attacks against Johnston's position on the long, high mountain named Rocky Face Ridge while McPherson's Army of the Tennessee advanced stealthily around Johnston's left flank toward the town of Resaca, and Johnston's supply line on the Western & Atlantic Railroad.
Rocky Face may refer to: Battle of Rocky Face Ridge fought May 7–13, 1864, in Whitfield County, Georgia during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War.
At the beginning of the Atlanta campaign, the Battle of Rocky Face Ridge and Dug Gap began on May 7, 1864, and ended when Johnston completed the withdrawal of his forces from Dalton on May 12. The Second Battle of Dalton occurred during the Atlanta campaign on August 14–15, 1864.