Dawes na gaba ya yi aiki a karkashin Janar Sherman a lokacin da ya ci gaba da Jackson, Mississippi, kuma a farkon 1864 rundunarsa ta sake kasancewa tare da sojojin Sherman a lokacin da yake tafiya zuwa teku zuwa Atlanta, yana shiga cikin
Yaƙin Resaca, Mayu 13<unk>15, 1864, kuma daga baya a Yaƙin Dallas.