On May 23, Gen. Wm. J. Hardee’s Confederate headquarters stood here during the march of his corps from Stegall’s Station (Emerson) to points south. On May 24, Gen. John B. Hood of the Confederacy spent the night here while moving with his corps from the Etowah River to New Hope Church. On October 5, Gen. S.G. French of the Confederacy, withdrawing from an abortive attempt on the Federal garrison at Allatoona, stopped here on his way to rejoin Hood’s forces at New Hope Church.