Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Ka ọ dịgodị, Sherman si Chattanooga gaa Atlanta, na-emeri ndị ọchịagha ndị Confederate bụ Joseph E. Johnston na John Bell Hood n'ụzọ. Ọdịda nke Atlanta
N'ụbọchị nke abụọ nke ọnwa Septemba, n'afọ 1864, o mere ka e jide n'aka na a ga-ahọpụta Lincoln ọzọ ịbụ 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.