 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutanga kwehondo kwakaona Grant achiri muLouisiana. Muna February 1861, Fannin, Grant Co vakatengesa kuSouthern Pacific, uye Grant akadzokera kuAtlanta. Mushure meVicksburg Campaign, Confederate Chief of the Engineer Bureau Jeremy Gilmer akaonana naye kuti aongorore zvingangoitika kuti muvengi ayambuke Rwizi rweChattahoochee, uye mabasa ekudzivirira akatanga munaAugust, 1863. Grant akatsanangura kuti kudzivirirwa kweAtlanta kwaizova kwakaoma sokweRichmond, Virginia. Grant akaronga nhevedzano yezvikumbaridzo 17 zvinoumba denderedzwa kubva pakati peguta. Yakanga yakaganhurirwa kuchamhembe panzvimbo yakakwirira nzvimbo yazvino yeFox Theatre, kumadokero neAshby Street, kumaodzanyemba neMcDonough Drive uye kumabvazuva neGrant Park. Gilmer akaongorora basa rakapedzwa muna December 1863. Nemhaka yokuti Hondo yeAtlanta yakaitika sei, masvingo aya haana kumbobvira anyatsoedzwa, Meya weguta racho Calhoun achibvuma kukombwa pashure pokunge njanji dzaienda kuMacon dzatorwa nemauto eUnion uye mukuru weConfederate John Bell Hood akamanikidzwa kuparadza chitima chake chemagandanga pashure pokukunda kweUnion paJonesborough. 