Year Erected: 1954

*Marker Text: West of this point 75 ft., was the ante-bellum residence of James Oliver Powell (1826-1873), Sherman's headquarters, July 19, 1864.

Sherman traveled with Schofield's 23d A.C. from the Chattahoochee River at Power's Fy. July 17, & 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); Hascall's (2d) div., together with Dodge's 16th A.C. occupied Decatur after a spirited conflict with the defenders of the town - a detachment of Wheeler's cavalry (CS).

*Marker not in place due to damage or maintenance.