Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te matenga o te Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson i te pakanga i te pakanga o Atlanta, ka whakatuwherahia te mana o te 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 o Atlanta
I hinga ki a Sherman i te Mahuru 2, 1864, ko Gen. Slocum me tana ope te tuatahi ki te uru ki te taone.