Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Dhanka kale, Sherman wuxuu ka soo kicitimay Chattanooga ilaa Atlanta, isagoo ka adkaaday Jeneraalada Confederate-ka Joseph E. Johnston iyo John Bell Hood. Waxyaabaha
burburkii Atlanta September 2, 1864, ayaa xaqiijiyay in Lincoln dib loogu doorto madaxweynaha. Hood wuxuu ka tagay Atlanta si uu ugu wareego oo u hanjabo khadadka sahayda ee Sherman iyo inuu ku soo duulo Tennessee ee Ololaha Franklin-Nashville. Maj. Gen. John Schofield oo ka tirsan ciidamada Midowga Yurub ayaa ka adkaaday Hood dagaalkii Franklin, George H. Thomas ayaa ka adkaaday Hood dagaalkii Nashville, isagoo si wax ku ool ah u burburiyay ciidankii Hood.