Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Yakin Atlanta ya fara ne a watan Mayu 1864 a cikin shekara wanda zai ga Batirin Douglas ya yi yaƙi a yaƙe-yaƙe 16 ko rikice-rikice. A lokacin yakin, baturi ya yi yaƙi a Resaca
, Peachtree Creek, da kuma Ezra Church. An ba da baturin zuwa ga Major A. R. Courtney na bindigar bindigogi a cikin rukunin John Bell Hood. Lokacin da Hood ya zama kwamandan sojojin, Stephen D. Lee ya dauki umurnin rundunar. A lokacin yakin Atlanta a ranar 22 ga Yuli, an aika da Batirin Douglas a cikin aikin a karfe 4:00 na yamma tare da rabon Thomas C. Hindman. 'Yan bindigar sun sami wahalar cutar da abokan gaba saboda sojojin Tarayyar sun yi yaƙi daga wuraren da aka kafa. Duk da haka, baturin ya sami manyan bindigogi guda hudu na Napoleon wanda aka kama daga sojojin Tarayya. Lieutenant Bingham ya lura cewa yayin da bindigogi na asali na baturi suka lalace, Napoleons sun kasance sababbin bindigogi. Douglas ya rubuta, "Ina da mafi kyawun baturi da na taɓa yi kuma wataƙila mafi kyau a cikin rundunarmu".