The city became the supply and logistics base for Sherman's 1864 Atlanta Campaign, as well as for the Army of the Cumberland, and Grant had won his final battle in the West prior to receiving command of all Union armies in March 1864.
Det blev en forsynings- og logistikbase for Shermans kampagne i 1864 til Atlanta såvel som for Army of the Cumberland, og Grant vandt sit sidste slag i Vesten i Den Amerikanske Borgerkrig, inden han fik kommandoen over alle unionshære i marts 1864.