Walker & Bate at Sugar Cr.
![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...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZAPcnQkydUBhXHRMZ8d5MZP4wNL7oJgRnXB3Meet_1DrP4anGMtGASTT9BDPyocJR3ql6edp3QHeJysqv7y12Qb-kiuE7Q)
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
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.