Near this spot, on March 8, 1865, about 9 a.m., Hoke's Division, C.S.A., under the immediate command of Major-General Robert F. Hoke, broke the advanced columns of Cox's First Division, 23rd Corps, U.S.A., captured principally from Upham's brigade 1500 prisoners and three pieces of artillery, and here General Braxton Bragg met General Hoke and congratulated him in person upon his victory.