Kammala wannan jumla: Sherman ya fara yakin Atlanta a ranar 4 ga Mayu. Sojojin Johnston na Tennessee sun yi yaƙe-yaƙe na tsaro a kan Tarayyar a hanyoyin zuwa Dalton, wanda aka kwashe a ranar 13 ga Mayu, sa'an nan kuma ya koma mil 12 zuwa kudu zuwa Resaca, kuma ya gina matsayi na tsaro. Duk da haka, bayan ɗan gajeren lokaci
Bayan yakin, Johnston ya sake mika wuya ga Sherman, kuma ya janye daga Resaca a ranar 15 ga Mayu. Johnston ya tattara sojojin Confederate don kai hari a Cassville. Sa'ad da sojojinsa suka ci gaba, rundunar abokan gaba da ba a san yawan su ba ta bayyana ba zato ba tsammani a gefensa na dama. Wani rikici ya biyo baya, ya tilasta kwamandan kwamandan, Lieutenant General John Bell Hood, ya dakatar da ci gaba da kuma sake mayar da sojojinsa don fuskantar barazanar. Da yake fuskantar wannan barazanar ba zato ba tsammani, Johnston ya watsar da harin da ya sake sabuntawa. Ranar 20 ga watan Mayu sun sake komawa kilomita 8 zuwa kudu zuwa Cartersville. Watan Mayu 1864 ya ƙare tare da sojojin Sherman da ke ƙoƙarin motsawa daga layin samar da layin dogo tare da wani motsi na juyawa, amma ya zama abin da ya faru da rikice-rikice na rikice-rikice a yakin New Hope Church a ranar 25 ga Mayu, yakin Pickett's Mill a ranar 27 ga Mayu, da kuma yakin Dallas a ranar 28 ga Mayu.