On Nov. 26, 1864, the Right Wing of General Sherman’s army, consisting of the 15th and 17th Corps and advancing on its destructive March to the Sea after leaving Atlanta on Nov. 15th, crossed the Oconee River at Ball’s Ferry. After completing its crossing, the 17th Corps under Blair massed near this road fork and camped for the night. The next morning, Blair sent Leggett’s division to Oconee, old Station No. 14 on the CRR, four miles northwest, to destroy the railroad to a point near Irwin’s Cross-Roads, five miles northeast. From that point, Rice’s and Hurlbut’s brigades of the 15th Corps completed the destruction of the railroad as far as Tennille, No. 13 on the CRR.