Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Oge Foster nọrọ n'ọchịchị ndị agha dị mkpụmkpụ. Na February 9, 1864, Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield weghaara iwu nke Ngalaba nke Ohio, na mgbe ahụ ndị agha nke Ohio na XXIII Corps na Eprel. N'oge a, XXIII Corps na ndị agha nke Ohio bụ otu. Schofield duziri ndị agha n'oge Atlanta Campaign ma chụso Confederate Lt. General John Bell Hood n'ime Tennessee mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị.
ọdịda nke Atlanta. N'agha nke Franklin, Schofield meriri ndị agha Hood nke ukwuu tupu ya esonye na Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas na ndị agha nke Cumberland maka Agha nke Nashville. Na February 9, 1865, a kpọfere Schofield ka ọ chịwa ngalaba nke North Carolina. Mgbe Schofield hapụrụ iji were ọchịchị ngalaba, Maj. Gen. Jacob D. Cox weghaara iwu nke ndị agha.