Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kamar yadda Sojojin Tarayyar da ke karkashin Manjo Janar William T. Sherman suka fara ci gaba a Georgia a watan Mayu 1864, Gwamnan Georgia Joseph E. Brown ya nada Carswell a matsayin brigadier janar a cikin mayakan Georgia. Carswell ya jagoranci Brigade na 1 na 'yan bindigar Georgia a kan adawa da sojojin Union karkashin Sherman a lokacin Atlanta Campaign da Sherman's Maris zuwa Sea. Rundunar ta yi yaƙi a yakin Ruff's Station, yanzu Smyrna, Georgia a ranar 4 ga Yuli, 1864, yakin Atlanta
a ranar 22 ga Yuli, 1864 da kuma lokacin da aka kewaye Atlanta har zuwa faduwar birnin a ranar 2 ga Satumba, 1864.