As Ulysses S. Grant's army pursued the retiring Confederates into Georgia in late November through May 1864, the 2nd OVI saw action at a number of small battles, including Ringgold, Dalton, Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge.
Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25.
Rocky Faced Ridge May 9-11.
On the ninth the command advanced in the direction of the gap in Rocky Faced Ridge.
On the thirteenth it was ascertained by our advance that the rebels had evacuated Rocky Faced Ridge during the night, and the Eighty-Fourth moved through the Gap, passing through Dalton, and halting for the night nine miles south.
Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13.
Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.