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DALTON , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Whitfield county, See also:Georgia, U.S.A., in the N W. See also:part of the See also:state, See also:loo m. N.N.W. of See also:Atlanta. Pop. (1890) 3046; (1900) 4315 (957 negroes) ; (191o) 5324. Dalton is served by the See also:Southern, the See also:Nashville, See also:Chattanooga & St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis, and the Western & Atlanta (operated by the Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis) See also:railways. The city is in a See also:rich agricultural region; See also:ships See also:cotton, See also:grain, See also:fruit and ore; and has various manufactures, including canned fruit and vegetables, See also:flour and foundry and See also:machine See also:shop products. It is the seat of Dalton See also:Female See also:College. Dalton was founded by See also:Duff See also:Green and others in 1848, and was incorporated in 1874. Hither See also:General Braxton See also:Bragg retreated after his defeat at Chattanooga in the last See also:week of See also:November 1863. Three See also:weeks afterwards Bragg, in command of the See also:army in See also:northern Georgia in See also:winter quarters here, was replaced by General See also:Joseph E. See also:Johnston, who, with his force of 54,400, adopted defensive See also:tactics to meet See also:Sherman's invasion of Georgia, with his 99,000 or 100,000 men in the Army of the See also:Cumberland (6o,000) under General G. H. See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, the Army of the See also:Tennessee (25,000) under General J. B. M`Pherson, and the Army of the See also:Ohio (14,000) under General J. M. See also:Schofield. The
Federal forces stretched for 20 M. in a position See also:south of Ringgold and between Ringgold and Dalton. Johnston's See also:line of defences included Rocky See also:Face See also:Ridge, a See also:wall of See also:rock through which the railway passes about 5 m. See also:north-See also:west of the city, See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
Mill See also:Creek (1 m. north-north-west of Dalton), which he dammed so that it could not be forded, and earthworks north and See also:east of the city. On the 7th of May General M`Pherson started for Resaca, r8 m. south of Dalton, to occupy the railway there in Johnston's See also:rear, but he did not attack Resaca, thinking it too strongly protected; Thomas, with Schofield on his See also:left, on the 7th forced the See also:Con-federates through See also:Buzzard's Roost See also:Gap (the pass at Mill Creek) north-west of Dalton; at Dug Gap, 4 M. south-west of Dalton, on the 8th a fierce Federal See also:assault under Brigadier-General See also:John W. Geary failed to dislodge the Confederates from a quite impregnable position. On the 11th the See also:main See also:body of Sherman's army followed M`Pherson toward Resaca, and Johnston, having evacuated Dalton on the See also:night of the 12th, was thus forced, after five days' manoeuvring and skirmishing, to See also:march to Resaca and to meet Sherman there. -
See J. D. See also:Cox, The Atlanta See also:Campaign (New See also:York, 1882) ; See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson and Buel, Battles and Leaders of the See also:Civil See also:War (4 vols., New York, 1887) ; and See also:Official Records of the War of the See also:Rebellion, See also:series 1, vols. 32, 38, 39, 45, 49; series ii., vol. 8.
DALTON-IN-See also:FURNESS, a See also:market See also:town in the North See also:Lonsdale See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, 4 M. N.E. by N. of See also:Barrow-in-Furness by the Furness railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 13,020. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Mary is in the main a See also:modern reconstruction, but retains See also:ancient fragments and a See also:font believed to have belonged to Furness See also:Abbey. This See also:fine ruin lies 3 M. south of Dalton (see FURNESS). St Mary's See also:churchyard contains the See also:tomb of the painter See also:George See also:Romney, a native of the town. Of Dalton See also:Castle there remains a square See also:tower, showing decorated windows. Here was held the manorial See also:court of Furness Abbey. There are numerous See also:iron-ore mines in the See also:parish, and ironworks at Askam-in-Furness, in the northern part of the district.
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