. The mountain campaigns in Georgia . -Grigsbys Kentuckians. The constant firing indicated a serious attack; so much so that Lieutcnant-GeneralHardee hastened to take personal charge of the defence. The Federals were repulsed atthis point, and at Mill Creek Gap, and likewise in their attack upon the Confederate posi-tion on the crest of the mountain, about a mile and a half north of the 24 liJOUXTAIN CAJ/rA/oXS JX GEORGIA. General J. D. Cox, of Shermans arm), thus refers to this attempt on Dug Gap : dearys division of tlie Twentieth Corps made a strong effort to carry the summit of Rocky
. The mountain campaigns in Georgia . -Grigsbys Kentuckians. The constant firing indicated a serious attack; so much so that Lieutcnant-GeneralHardee hastened to take personal charge of the defence. The Federals were repulsed atthis point, and at Mill Creek Gap, and likewise in their attack upon the Confederate posi-tion on the crest of the mountain, about a mile and a half north of the 24 liJOUXTAIN CAJ/rA/oXS JX GEORGIA. General J. D. Cox, of Shermans arm), thus refers to this attempt on Dug Gap : dearys division of tlie Twentieth Corps made a strong effort to carry the summit of RockyFace at Dug Gap, but were foiled by the same physical difficulties which baffled all other attemptsalong this palisaded ridge. The skirmishers advanced, scrambling over the rocks and through theundergrowth, till, already blown and nearly exhausted, they found themselves facing a perpendicularwall with only cliffs and crevices leading up through it, the narrow roadway whii h had been theirguide being strongly held by the enemy and intrenched. A gallant effort was made to reach thecrest, but the smaller force of Confederates was led by General Hardee in person, and held theirnatural fortress.—(■Ailanta, page 35.) On the 9th, another attempt, more vigorous and by a larger f(.)rce, was made upon theoutposts upon the crest of Rocky Face Ridge. This attack \\ as led by Markers brigadeof
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