The plantation house of Geo. M.T. Hurt, begun in the summer of 1862 and never completed or occupied as a residence, stood on the site of the stone church and faced the Decatur Rd. on July 18, 1864. A sector of the outer line of Atlanta's defense works lay just east of the house, which was used as h'dq'rs by the 10th S. Carolina regt. (CS) of Manigault's brigade. On July 22, after withdrawing to the city the night before, the same troops returned late in the afternoon and attacked the Federal forces occupying the position, capturing and holding it until driven out. This was the moment shown in the Cyclorama of the Battle of Atlanta.