Monument Text:
In memory of General William H.T Walker C.S.A.
Location: Glenwood Avenue at Wilkinson Drive, near the Interstate 20 intersection
GPS:
Visited: June 26, 2008
Here, in this little triangle of land off of a busy avenue in East Atlanta, a memorial and cannon monument to General Walker, killed in the battle of Atlanta July 22, 1864.
As stated in my last post on "Terry's Mill Pond," I have known about this cannon for many years, probably a good 30 or more. I may have had an inkling of an idea of what it was for, but not a clue as to who it was for. I think that I believed it was for the dead (all of them) in the Battle of Atlanta, but I did not quite know why it was here on the east side of Atlanta. A General lost in battle on the first major engagement in the siege of Atlanta (other than Peachtree Creek battle). This would make the second general killed in this same engagement. And there deaths occur not more than a mile or two away from each other.
At this point I was wondering why there was no historical marker for General Walker's death. I have since learned that there was one that was placed behind the cannon monument, but it is currently missing. I will post the text of that marker under a different post as well as another photo of the site that was taken on July 22, 2008.
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