Old Mt. Zion Church

In 1864, Mt. Zion Baptist Church stood on the site of the North Side Park Baptist Church. On July 20, the skirmish line of Walthall’s division, Stewart’s army corps, Confederate States, was astride Howell Mill Road just north of the church. When Reynolds’ and O’Neal’s brigades, Confederate States, moved up in columns from their intrenched line 0.3 mile south, they deployed at the skirmish line, with Reynolds west of the road and O’Neal east of it, and advanced on the Federal infantry posted on Collier Road and north of the deep ravine. In the church yard are monuments to H.H. Embry, 1805-1877, a pioneer resident of this vicinity, and Sergeant Wm. R. Moore, 1st Georgia Regiment, Wheeler’s Cavalry, killed north of Peachtree Creek on July 17, 1864.

Atlanta, Georgia · United States