Sii wadida faqradan - Bishii Luulyo 17, 1864, wax yar ka hor Dagaalkii Peachtree Creek bishii Luulyo 20, 1864, Madaxweynaha Confederate Jefferson Davis wuxuu beddelay General Joseph E. Johnston oo ah taliyaha Ciidanka Tennessee ee difaacaya Atlanta oo leh Lieutenant General, General ku meel gaarka ah, John Bell Hood. Bishii Luulyo 22, 1864, Hood wuxuu amar ku bixiyay Taliye General Hardee inuu ku wareego garabka bidix ee Ciidanka Midowga ee bariga Atlanta si uu weerar lama filaan ah ugu qaado halka Major General Cheatham, oo markaa hoggaaminayay Hood's corps hore, uu ahaa inuu weerar kala goyn ah ku qaado horta ciidanka Midowga iyo taliyaha gaashaamanka, Major General Joseph Wheeler, ayaa weerari doona khadka sahayda. Dagaalkii Atlanta
Dagaalkii ka dhacay bariga iyo koonfurta magaalada iyo meel u dhow khadadka sahayda Midowga ee bariga fog ee Decatur, Georgia, ayaa ka dambeeyay. Intii lagu guda jiray maalin adag oo dagaal ah ka dib socodkii habeenkii si ay booska u galaan, ragga Hardee waxay ku guuleysteen inay dib u soo celiyaan garabka bidix ee Midowga waxayna dib u qaateen qaar ka mid ah laabta oo ay dhisteen Confederates horaantii. Major General James B. McPherson, oo la dilay intii uu socday dagaalka, ayaa saadaaliyay dhaqdhaqaaqa Confederate ee ka dhanka ah dhamaadka fog ee garabkiisa, wuxuu dib u qaabeeyey safkiisa wuxuuna u diray xoojin garabka.