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Whitfield preservationists want to save historic mountaintop

DALTON, Ga. -- Nearly 150 years ago, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman stood atop Blue Mountain north of Dalton and plotted his Union Army's advance from Tunnel Hill to Atlanta.

Back then, Sherman had a perfect view of Dalton, a heavily fortified Confederate stronghold.

"That site has an impressive vista and, from that view, you can really tell the story of the action Dalton saw," said Jim Ogden, historian for the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park....
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