Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa i mate ai a Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson i te pakanga i te pakanga o Atlanta, ka whakatuwherahia te whakahau a Army of the Tennessee, a, i te kore o Hooker i whiwhi, ka whakarere ia i tana komihana. I tohua e Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman a Slocum hei rangatira mo te XX Corps, i hangaia i mua i te whakakotahitanga o te XI Corps me te XII Corps ki te whakahau kotahi. Ko ana hoia o mua o te XII Corps i whakanui i te hokinga mai o to ratou rangatira o mua. I te wā
I hinga a Atlanta ki a Sherman i te Mahuru 2, 1864, ko Gen. Slocum me tana roopu te tuatahi ki te uru ki te taone nui.