dhamaystir weedha soo socota: waqtigii Foster uu hogaaminayey ciidanka waa mid gaaban. Bishii Febraayo 9, 1864, Major General John M. Schofield wuxuu la wareegay amarka Waaxda Ohio, ka dibna Ciidanka Ohio iyo XXIII Corps bishii Abriil. Xilligaas ciidanka XXIII Corps iyo ciidanka Ohio waxay ahaayeen isku mid. Schofield wuxuu hogaaminayay ciidanka intii lagu jiray Ololaha Atlanta wuxuuna raacdaynayay Taliye Janaraal John Bell Hood ee gobolka Tennessee kadib markii
dhacday magaalada Atlanta. Dagaalkii Franklin, Schofield wuxuu guul darro weyn u geystay ciidankii Hood ka hor inta uusan ku biirin Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas iyo Ciidanka Cumberland ee Dagaalkii Nashville. 9-kii Febraayo, 1865, Schofield waxaa loo wareejiyay inuu hoggaamiyo Waaxda Waqooyiga Carolina. Markii Schofield uu ka tagay si uu ula wareego taliska waaxda, Major General Jacob D. Cox wuxuu si ku meel gaar ah ula wareegay taliska ciidanka.