Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - Na tona waahi i runga i te Awa o Tennessee i te whakawhiti rautaki nui o nga rori tereina nui e rua, ko Decatur te waahi o nga huihuinga maha i te American Civil War. I te wā i nohoia ai te pa e te hōia o te Kotahitanga i te tīmatanga o te pakanga, i whakahau te rangatira rangatira kia whakangaromia ngā whare katoa o te taone, engari e whā. I whakamahia ngā pereki o ētahi o ngā whare karakia i te taone hei hanga i ngā oumu me ngā kōkī mō ngā whare e nohoia ana e ngā hōia. Ko nga whare e wha i toe (a kei te tu tonu) ko te Peeke Kawanatanga Tawhito, te Dancy-Polk House, te Todd House, me te Burleson-Hinds-McEntire House. I muri i te wikitoria a te Uniana i te Pakanga o Atlanta
I te tau 1864, i te Pakanga o Decatur, he ope taua i raro i te whakahau a Gen. John Bell Hood i whawhai poto ki tetahi hoia nui i te pakanga, i te wa i kiia ai a Decatur ko "A Tough Nut To Crack".