Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Mgbe e gburu Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson n'agha n'oge Atlanta Campaign, iwu nke ndị agha nke Tennessee meghere, na mgbe Hooker enwetaghị ya ọ gbara arụkwaghịm na ọrụ ya. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman họpụtara Slocum ka ọ chịkwaa XX Corps, nke e guzobere na mbụ site na ijikọta XI Corps na XII Corps n'otu iwu. Ndị agha ya nke mbụ nke XII Corps kelere nlọghachi nke onye isi ha gara aga. Mgbe Atlanta
n'aka Sherman na September 2, 1864, General Slocum na ndị agha ya bụ ndị mbụ batara n'obodo ahụ.