Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ka ọ dịgodị, Sherman si Chattanooga gaa Atlanta, na-emeri ndị ọchịagha Confederate bụ́ Joseph E. Johnston na John Bell Hood n'ụzọ. Ihe
ọdịda Atlanta na Septemba 2, 1864, mere ka a họpụta Lincoln ọzọ dị ka onye isi ala. Hood hapụrụ mpaghara Atlanta ka ọ na-atụgharị ma na-eyi egwu usoro Sherman na-enye ma na-awakpo Tennessee na Franklin-Nashville Campaign. Ọchịagha ndị Union bụ John Schofield meriri Hood n'agha nke Franklin, George H. Thomas meriri Hood n'agha nke Nashville, na-ebibi ndị agha Hood.