When Major General James B. McPherson was killed in action during the Atlanta Campaign, command of the Army of the Tennessee opened up, and when Hooker didn't get it he resigned his commission. Major General William T. Sherman appointed Slocum to command the XX Corps, which earlier had been formed by merging the XI Corps and XII Corps into a single command. <unk> <unk> <unk> ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️
Atlanta fell to Sherman on September 2, 1864, Gen. Slocum and his corps were the first to enter the city.