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Special Event
Event
The Battle of Ringgold Gap
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Fee:
Free.Dates & Times
Date:
Monday, November 27, 2023
Time:
11:00 AM
Duration:
1 hour
Type of Event
Guided Tour
Talk
Description
11 am – Holding the Gap: The US Army’s Pursuit and the Engagement at Ringgold
Location: Ireland’s New York Brigade Monument, at the end of Depot Street, Ringgold, GA 30736
Twenty-two days after Battle of Ringgold Gap (November 27, 1863), Sergeant Ambrose Henry Hayward of the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry wrote his father, “I experienced more fear & dread at Taylors Ridge than at either Chancellorsville, Antietam, or Gettysburgh.” This 1-hour program will explore the often-overlooked engagement that took place in Ringgold, Georgia, as the defeated Confederate Army of Tennessee tried to hold off their blue-clad pursuers after the debacle at Missionary Ridge.