Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 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 kewaye da birnin na tsawon watanni huɗu da Sojojin Tarayyar da ke ƙarƙashin jagorancin 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.