Kammala wannan jumla: Lightburn ya jagoranci rundunarsa a lokacin yakin Atlanta, yana ganin aikin a yakin basasa na
Resaca, Dallas da kuma Kennesaw Mountain. A lokacin yakin Atlanta, Lightburn ya zama kwamandan na biyu bayan mutuwar kwamandan sojojin James B. McPherson da dukkan manyan jami'an Lightburn sun zama kwamandan. Lokacin da aka zabi Oliver O. Howard a matsayin kwamandan dindindin na Sojojin Tennessee, Lightburn ya koma umurnin Brigade na 2 kuma ya yi yaƙi a yakin Ezra Church. A lokacin da aka kewaye Atlanta, ya shiga cikin rikici mai sauƙi kuma an harbe shi a kai. Amma harsashin ya ragargaje kansa ne kawai, ya sa ya faɗi daga kan dokinsa ya faɗa hannun ɗan'uwansa, Calvin Luther. Raunin ya ƙare aikinsa tare da Sojojin Tennessee kuma an tura shi gida don murmurewa. Bayan da ya dawo da shi ya fara umurni da brigade sannan kuma na 2 a cikin Ma'aikatar West Virginia har sai ya yi murabus daga rundunar a ranar 22 ga Yuni, 1865.