Ka cika wannan magana: Domin yana kusa da Kogin Tennessee a wurin da manyan hanyoyin jirgin ƙasa guda biyu suke haɗuwa, Decatur ya zama wurin da aka yi yaƙi da yawa a lokacin Yaƙin Basasa na Amirka. Lokacin da sojojin Tarayyar suka mamaye garin a farkon yakin, kwamandan janar ya ba da umarnin a lalata dukkan gine-gine a cikin garin sai dai hudu. An yi amfani da tubali daga wasu coci a cikin garin don gina murhu da bututu don gine-ginen da sojoji suke zama. Gidaje huɗu da suka rage (kuma har yanzu suna tsaye) sune Tsohon Bankin Jiha, Gidan Dancy-Polk, Gidan Todd, da Gidan Burleson-Hinds-McEntire. Bayan nasarar Union a cikin
Yaƙin Atlanta, rundunar sojojin Tarayya a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Janar John Bell Hood ta ɗan gajeren lokaci tare da rundunar sojoji da yawa a lokacin Yaƙin Decatur na 1864, lokacin da aka kira Decatur a matsayin "A Tough Nut To Crack".