Kammala wannan jumla: Lokacin da aka kashe Maj. Janar James B. McPherson a lokacin yakin Atlanta, umurnin sojojin Tennessee ya buɗe, kuma lokacin da Hooker bai samu ba sai ya yi murabus. Janar Janar William T. Sherman ya nada Slocum don ya jagoranci XX Corps, wanda aka kafa a baya ta hanyar haɗuwa da XI Corps da XII Corps a cikin umurni guda. Tsohon sojojinsa na XII Corps sun yi farin ciki da dawowar tsohon kwamandan su. Lokacin da
Atlanta ta fadi ga Sherman a ranar 2 ga Satumba, 1864, Janar Slocum da rundunarsa sune na farko da suka shiga birnin.