Exhibit (24)

WACHOVIA CORPORATION

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned directors and officers of WACHOVIA CORPORATION (the “Corporation”) hereby constitute and appoint Mark C. Treanor and Ross E. Jeffries, Jr., and each of them severally, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact, and in any one of them, to sign for the undersigned and in their respective names as directors and officers of the Corporation, one or more Registration Statements to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the registration of the deferred compensation obligations of the Corporation under the Wachovia Securities LLC Deferred Compensation Plan, and any other securities of the Corporation or interests therein that are required to be so registered with respect to such Plan, and to sign any and all amendments to such Registration Statements.

SIGNATURE	CAPACITY
/s/    G. KENNEDY THOMPSON       G. KENNEDY THOMPSON	Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
/s/    ROBERT P. KELLY       ROBERT P. KELLY	Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
/s/    DAVID M. JULIAN       DAVID M. JULIAN	Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/    JOHN D. BAKER, II       JOHN D. BAKER, II	Director
/s/    JAMES S. BALLOUN       JAMES S. BALLOUN	Director
/s/    ROBERT J. BROWN       ROBERT J. BROWN	Director
/s/    PETER C. BROWNING       PETER C. BROWNING	Director
/s/    JOHN T. CASTEEN III       JOHN T. CASTEEN III	Director

SIGNATURE	CAPACITY
/s/    WILLIAM H. GOODWIN, JR.       WILLIAM H. GOODWIN, JR.	Director
/s/    ROBERT A. INGRAM       ROBERT A. INGRAM	Director
/s/    MACKEY J. MCDONALD       MACKEY J. MCDONALD	Director
/s/    JOSEPH NEUBAUER       JOSEPH NEUBAUER	Director
/s/    LLOYD U. NOLAND, III       LLOYD U. NOLAND, III	Director
/s/    RUTH G. SHAW       RUTH G. SHAW	Director
/s/    LANTY L. SMITH       LANTY L. SMITH	Director
/s/    JOHN C. WHITAKER, JR.       JOHN C. WHITAKER, JR.	Director
/s/    DONA DAVIS YOUNG       DONA DAVIS YOUNG	Director

August 19, 2003

Charlotte, NC