 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sherman akatanga Hondo yake yeAtlanta pana May 4. Mauto aJohnston eTennessee akarwa hondo dzekudzivirira kurwisa maFederal paDalton, iyo yakabviswa musi wa13 Chivabvu, ndokuzodzokera makiromita gumi nemaviri kumaodzanyemba kuenda kuResaca, ndokuvaka nzvimbo dzekudzivirira. Zvisinei, pashure pehondo pfupi, Johnston zvakare akazvipira kuna Sherman, uye akadzokera kuResaca musi waMay 15. Johnston akaunganidza mauto eConfederate kuti arwise paCassville. Mauto ake zvaaifambira mberi, uto revavengi risingazivikanwi kuti rakanga rakakura sei rakangoerekana raonekwa kurutivi rwake rworudyi. Kurwisana kwakatevera, kuchimanikidza mutungamiriri wehondo, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood, kumisa kufambira mberi kwake ndokuisazve mauto ake kuti atarisane netyisidziro. Akatarisana netyisidziro iyi isingatarisirwi, Johnston akarega kurwisa kwake ndokudzorera kudzokera kwake. Pana May 20 vakadzokerazve makiromita 8 kumaodzanyemba kuCartersville. Mwedzi waMay 1864 wakapera nemauto aSherman achiedza kubva panjanji yavo yechitima neimwe nzira yekushanduka, asi vakadzikira nekudzivirirwa kwakasimba kweConfederates paHondo yeNew Hope Churchmusi waMay 25, Hondo yePicketts Mill musi waMay 27, uye Hondo yeDallas musi waMay 28. 