Terry's Mill Pond

Marker Text:
The flat area south was the bed of Terry's mill pond- the impounded waters of Sugar Creek. Tom Terry (1823-1861) operated the grist mill that stood 800 yards downstream. It was burned by Federal troops on July 29, 1864 and was rebuilt and operated some years after the war.
The considerable area of the pond made it a landmark in the 1850-1860s, and further prominence attached to it because it is cited in military annuals recording the movement of Walker's & Bate's divisions, Hardee Army Corps (CS), to the battlefield of July 22, 1864, which indicate that General Walker was killed near the upper end of the mill pond.

044-52 Georgia Historical Commission erected 1956

Location: Glennwood Avenue at Interstate 20 interchange
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Visited: June 26, 2008

On my route towards McPherson's Avenue to see if there was a monument or marker to his death at what I assumed was his point of death, I see come across this marker as well at the General Walker monument. I presumed initially that this was the General Walker Death marker, but was mistaken. I now believe that the marker for General Walker's death is missing. More on that later.
This marker denotes the location of a large pond that, at one time, had a grist mill. It was located in the route of Walker's and Bate's men as they came up Sugar Creek towards what they thought was the rear of McPherson's line.
A couple of questions pop up immediately here for me, some of them for the Civil War and some of them for current day.
Where is Terry's Mill Pond? There is no pond here at the intersection of Glennwood Avenue and Interstate 20. For that matter, where is Sugar Creek? I am not familiar with either one of these bodies of water. This exit is familiar to me since my father used it for many years as he went to work. I remember passing the cannon as we cut down Wilkinson road towards his office. That was in the mid to late 70s. I have no recollection of a creek or pond. I can barely make out any flat area around since the interstate has obviously been constructed since the sign was installed and has destroyed the flat ex-pond area. This is one of those things that you can only say...hummm okay, there used to be a pond here, but there isn't know and hasn't been one for some time. I would have never known if the marker hadn't been here.
As for the Civil War question: General Walker was killed near the north end of the pond on July 22, 1864, which happens to coincide with the date of the skirmish that was a little north of here. If the battle started half a mile north of here at Memorial Drive and Clay Streets, how did he die here? Where there skirmishers positioned this far south? If there were skirmishers and there was gunfire, don't you think that the divisions north of here would have heard and not been surprised?
I will post the General Walker monument next, but I wanted to relay something that happened after that here were it is relevant.

Unfortunately my quest for McPherson's monument had run out of time for the day, I had to make my way back home before the full onset of Atlanta's afternoon rush hour traffic. Plus I had plenty of questions to digest for one day. As I made my way down Wilkinson Drive, I passed a low flat area that I found out was a DeKalb County park, Memorial Park. This park apparently encompasses some of the former Terry's Mill pond and butts up to the interstate boundary as well. So some of my question was answered. Now I know that there was a Terry's Mill pond and I can see some of the remnants of it.