West of this point 75 feet stood the antebellum residence of James Oliver Powell (1826-1873), which served as Sherman's headquarters on July 19, 1864. Sherman traveled with Schofield's 23d A.C. from the Chattahoochee River at Power's Fy. on July 17 and arrived here July 19. The house was used as a temporary hospital while the 23d A.C. was in this vicinity. Cox's (3d) div. moved to the Paden plantation (Emory University), and Hascall's (2d) div., together with Dodge's 16th A.C., occupied Decatur after a conflict with the defenders of the town, a detachment of Wheeler's cavalry (CS).