Wilbur Kurtz’s Archival Description:
(67) Site of old Mt. Zion Church – Battlefield of Peachtree Creek, July 20, 1864
Advanced position of Confederate skirmish line just before the battle. Here Reynold’s div. of Stewart’s Corps deployed for the assault against William’s div. of the Federal 20th Corps.
Burial place of Hiram H. Embry, whose plantation was contiguous and Sergt. Wm. R. Moore of Wheeler’s Cavalry, killed three days before the battle.
(In the yard of North Side Park Baptist Church No. 1877 Howell Mill Road, N.W.)
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