Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A 1864, Sojojin Tarayyar sun koma kudu bayan kama Chattanooga kuma sun fara mamaye arewacin Georgia. Yankin da ke kewaye da Atlanta shi ne wurin da aka yi manyan yaƙe-yaƙe da yawa, wanda ya ƙare da Yaƙin Atlanta
da kuma tsawon watanni hudu na kewaye da birnin da Union Army karkashin umurnin Janar William Tecumseh Sherman. A ranar 1 ga Satumba, 1864, Janar Janar John Bell Hood ya yanke shawarar janyewa daga Atlanta, kuma ya ba da umarnin lalata duk gine-ginen jama'a da kuma dukiyar da za ta iya amfani da ita ga Sojojin Tarayyar. Kashegari, magajin gari James Calhoun ya mika Atlanta ga Sojojin Tarayyar, kuma a ranar 7 ga Satumba, Sherman ya umarci 'yan fararen hula na birnin su fice. A ranar 11 ga Nuwamba, 1864, Sherman ya shirya don Maris na Union Army zuwa Tekun ta hanyar ba da umarnin lalata ragowar kayan aikin soja na Atlanta.