Year Erected: 1953

Marker Text: May 24, 25, 1964. Lt. Gen. Wm. J. Hardee [CS] maintained h'dq'rs here during operations of his command in this sector, incident to finding the position of McPherson's Army of the Tenn. (rt. Wing. Sherman's forces [US]).

On the 24th, uncertain of where McPherson would place his troops. Hardee extended Johnston's [CS] left S. E. to Powder Springs, only to be recalled on the 24th when McPherson's seizure & occupation of Dallas became known. Cleburne's div. of the corps [CS], passed the house enroute to Powder Springs & the return march N. to New Hope Ch. & battlefield of Pickett's Mill.