Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na July 17, 1864, obere oge tupu Agha Peachtree Creek na July 20, 1864, Onye isi ala Confederate Jefferson Davis dochie General Joseph E. Johnston dị ka onye isi ndị agha nke Tennessee na-agbachitere Atlanta na Lieutenant General, General General, John Bell Hood. Na July 22, 1864, Hood nyere Lieutenant General Hardee iwu ka ọ na-agagharị n'akụkụ aka ekpe nke Union Army n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Atlanta maka mwakpo mberede mgbe Major General Cheatham, mgbe ahụ na-achịkwa ndị agha mbụ nke Hood, ga-eme mwakpo na-emegharị ahụ n'ihu nke ndị agha Union na onye isi ndị agha ịnyịnya, Major General Joseph Wheeler, ga-awakpo usoro ha. Ihe
Agha nke Atlanta, lụrụ ọgụ n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ na ndịda obodo ahụ na nso ndị Union na-enye ihe ndị ọzọ dị n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ na Decatur, Georgia, sochiri. N'oge ọgụ siri ike nke ụbọchị mgbe abalị gachara iji banye n'ọnọdụ, ndị ikom Hardee nwere ihe ịga nke ọma n'ịgbagha azụ nke Union n'akụkụ aka ekpe ma weghachite ụfọdụ obi ndị Confederates wuru na mbụ. Onye isi ndị agha Union bụ James B. McPherson, onye e gburu n'oge agha ahụ, tụrụ anya na ndị Confederate ga-eme ihe megide njedebe nke akụkụ ya, gbanwee usoro ya ma zipụ ndị nkwado na flank.