Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 17 ga Yuli, 1864, kafin yakin Peachtree Creek a ranar 20 ga Yuli, 1864, shugaban jam'iyyar Jefferson Davis ya maye gurbin Janar Joseph E. Johnston a matsayin kwamandan sojojin Tennessee da ke kare Atlanta tare da Lieutenant General, Janar na wucin gadi, John Bell Hood. A ranar 22 ga Yuli, 1864, Hood ya umarci Lieutenant General Hardee ya yi tafiya a gefen hagu na Union Army a gabashin Atlanta don kai hari ba zato ba tsammani yayin da Manjo Janar Cheatham, sa'an nan kuma a cikin umurnin tsohon rundunar Hood, ya yi wani hari mai ban sha'awa a gaban rundunar Union da kwamandan sojan doki, Manjo Janar Joseph Wheeler, zai kai hari ga layin samar da su. Ƙungiyar
Yaƙin Atlanta, ya yi yaƙi a gabas da kudu da birnin kuma kusa da layin samar da Tarayyar da ke gabashin gabas a Decatur, Georgia, ya biyo baya. A lokacin da ake fama da gwagwarmaya bayan wani dare na dare don samun matsayi, mutanen Hardee sun yi nasara wajen karkatar da hagu na Union da kuma sake dawo da wasu kullun da 'yan majalisa suka gina a baya. Babban Janar na Union James B. McPherson, wanda aka kashe a lokacin yakin, ya yi la'akari da aikin da aka yi a kan gefen gefensa, ya sake tsara matsayinsa kuma ya aika da ƙarfafawa zuwa gefen.