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Site of Tom Terry's antebellum mill pond on Sugar Creek, a landmark in the troop movements of Hardee's Confederate divisions toward the July 22, 1864 battlefield; Gen. W.H.T. Walker was killed near here. Federal troops burned the mill days later.
Terry's Mill Pond is a historical marker in Atlanta, DeKalb County, erected in 1956. It is one of 98 historical markers documented in DeKalb County, among 143 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.7398, -84.3269 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Death of General Walker (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Bate's Div. at Terry's Mill Pond, Walker's Division In Sugar Creek Valley, and Bate’s Battle Line.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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