Early on Nov. 25, 1864, the advance guard of the 20th Corps of Gen. Sherman's army reached this vicinity and found that the nine bridges over Buffalo Creek and its tributaries had been burned by Wheeler's cavalry. A detachment of the 58th Indiana Infantry, serving as pontoniers, with details from the 101st Illinois Infantry, bridged the main channel with pontoons and repaired or rebuilt eight bridges with timbers cut from the woods. By two o'clock, the column had resumed its march toward Sandersville. Although harassed continually by carbine fire from Confederate cavalrymen, the Union men suffered few losses.