Walker & Bate at Sugar Cr. - GHM 044-55 - DeKalb Co., GA - Georgia Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

WALKER & BATE AT SUGAR CREEK.

July 22, 1864. Walker's & Bate's divisions of Hardee's A.C. [CSA] enroute to the rear of the 17th A.C. [USA] in East Atlanta, detoured here along the West bank of the creek to keep contact with Cleburne's & Maney's divisions [CSA] moving upon the Federal left flank via Flat Shoals Road, 3/4 mile West.

This detour was in sequence with the misdirected march of Cleburne's & Maney's troops and it entailed a circuitous by-passing of Terry's mill pond, northward of which, Walker's & Bate's divisions found Federal forces squarely across their front. General Walker was killed at the upper end of the pond while bringing his troops forward to the battlefield.

GHM 044-55 - Georgia Historical Commission - 1956

Type of Marker: Highway Marker #: GHM 044-55 Date: 1956 Sponsor: Not listed

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