Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1864, ndị agha Union kwagara n'ebe ndịda mgbe ha nwetasịrị Chattanooga ma malite mwakpo ha n'ebe ugwu Georgia. Mpaghara gbara Atlanta gburugburu bụ ebe ọtụtụ agha ndị agha buru ibu, nke ruru na
Agha Atlanta na nnọchibido ndị agha Union nọ n'okpuru ọchịagha William Tecumseh Sherman nọchibidoro obodo ahụ ruo ọnwa anọ. Na Septemba 1, 1864, Confederate General John Bell Hood kpebiri ịlaghachi azụ na Atlanta, o nyekwara iwu ka e bibie ụlọ ọha na eze niile na akụnụba ọ bụla nwere ike ịbara ndị agha Union uru. N'echi ya, Mayor James Calhoun nyefere Atlanta n'aka ndị agha Union, na Septemba 7, Sherman nyere iwu ka ndị nkịtị bi n'obodo ahụ pụọ. Na November 11, 1864, Sherman kwadebere maka Union Army's March to the Sea site n'inye iwu ka e bibie akụ ndị agha Atlanta fọdụrụnụ.