Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tiimata o te ope taua a te Uniana i raro i a Major General William T. Sherman ki te anga whakamua ki Georgia i te Haratua 1864, ka tohua e te Kawana o Georgia a Joseph E. Brown a Carswell hei rangatira pirihimana i roto i nga hoia a Georgia. I arahina e Carswell te 1st Brigade o te Georgia militia i te whakahee ki te Union Army i raro i Sherman i te Atlanta Campaign me Sherman's March to the Sea. I whawhai te piritiata i te Pakanga o Ruff's Station, inaianei ko Smyrna, Georgia i te Hurae 4, 1864, te
Te Pakanga o Atlanta i te Hurae 22, 1864 me te wa o te whakapae o Atlanta tae noa ki te hinganga o te taone i te Mahuru 2, 1864.