Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An kama shi a Kentucky kuma ya yi lokaci a gidan kurkuku na Libby kafin a musayar shi. Daga baya, Coburn da Kanar Benjamin Harrison sun yi yaƙi da juna a yaƙe-yaƙe da yawa yayin da suke ƙarƙashin Janar William Tecumseh Sherman. A wannan lokacin, Coburn da sojojinsa ne suka fara shiga Atlanta
kuma ya tabbatar da birni ya mika wuya. Akwai wata babbar alama a tsakiyar garin Atlanta inda magajin garin ya mika garin ga Coburn. An tattara shi a ranar 20 ga Satumba, 1864.