Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Saboda matsayinsa a Kogin Tennessee a tsallaka mai mahimmanci na manyan hanyoyin jirgin kasa biyu, Decatur ya kasance wurin gamuwa da yawa a lokacin Yaƙin Basasa na Amurka. 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 yakin Atlanta
, rundunar sojojin Tarayyar karkashin jagorancin Janar John Bell Hood sun yi gwagwarmaya tare da dakarun da ba su da yawa a lokacin yakin 1864 na Decatur, lokacin da aka kira Decatur a matsayin "A Tough Nut To Crack".