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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5Z9_dr-chapmon-powells-medicine-house-and-w-j-houston-plantation_Decatur-GA.html
About 1826, Dr. Chapmon Powell erected a log cabin beside the Shallowford Trail near this site. His Indian patients called it the "Medicine House." His cabin had been relocated onto this site by 1863 when Powell's son-in-law, Washington Jackson Ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5MP_wheelers-cav-at-decatur_Decatur-GA.html
July 22, 1864. Coincident with Hardee's night march to attack Federal forces in E. Atlanta, Wheeler's cavalry (CS) was sent to seize McPherson's wagon trains parked N. of the Decatur public square, guarded by Sprague's 16th A.C. brigade & three se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5J9_battle-of-decatur_Decatur-GA.html
During the Battle of Decatur on July 22nd 1864 there was hot fighting in and around the old courthouse which stood on this square.
Wheeler's Cavalry made a gallant charge here and captured a battery of federal artillery with officers and men.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5J7_garrards-cavalry-raid_Decatur-GA.html
On July 20, 1864, Union forces under Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, were closing in on Atlanta. Hq. 2nd Cavlary Division (US), Brg. Gen Kenner Garrard, was in Decatur. His three brigades were scattered from Decatur to Roswell, guarding bridges over …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5J6_dekalb-county_Decatur-GA.html
DeKalb County, created by Act of General Assembly Dec. 9, 1822 and including Fulton County until 1853, was named for Baron Johann DeKalb, a native German who fought gallantly for American freedom. Wounded and captured at the Battle of Camden, S.C.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5J5_steatite-boulder_Decatur-GA.html
This steatite boulder was found on the site of a prehistoric quarry along Soapstone Ridge 8 miles south of Decatur. It shows the methods of Indians in making stone bowls, with the first girdling of the stone to remove workable cores. It is estimat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5IC_the-stoneman-raid_Decatur-GA.html
In July, 1864, Maj. Gen W.T. Sherman's army (US) closed in on Atlanta. Finding its fortifications "too strong to assault and too extensive to invest," he sought to force its fall by sending Maj. Gen. Geo. Stoneman, with three brigades (2112 men an…