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Death of Gen. Walker


Location:Glenwood Ave at Wilkinson Dr (at I-20 Interchange)
LATITUDE33.7399764945
LONGITUDE-84.3270944908
County:DeKalb

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DEATH OF GEN. WALKER

July 22, 1864. Maj. Gen. W.H.T. Walker, commanding a div. of Hardee`s A.C., [CSA] while directing his troops toward the battlefield, reached a close proximity to this spot at noon where, pausing to reconnoitre the area, he was shot from horse by a Federal picket.

Gen. Walker was succeeded by Gen. Hugh Mercer, who deployed the div. in Sugar Cr. valley just W. of this marker. Bate`s div. advanced on this side of the creek. The northward movement of these troops, far from being a rear attack on the Federals, as contemplated, struck 2 divs. of the Federal 16th A.C. which happened to be in their front (at Clay St. & Memorial Dr.).

044-51 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
       
 

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