On July 22, 1864, Walker’s and Bate’s divisions of Hardee’s Army Corps, Confederate States, en route to the rear of the 17th Army Corps, United States, in east Atlanta, detoured along the west bank of the creek to keep contact with Cleburne’s and Maney’s divisions, Confederate States, moving upon the Federal left flank via Flat Shoals Road, three-quarters of a mile west. This detour followed the misdirected march of Cleburne’s and Maney’s troops and required a circuitous bypass of Terry’s mill pond, north of which Walker’s and Bate’s divisions found Federal forces squarely across their front. General Walker was killed at the upper end of the pond while bringing his troops forward to the battlefield.