 Kupedzisa ndima iyi - Pakupera kwa1864, vatasvi vemabhiza vaWheeler havana kuperekedza Hood paFranklin-Nashville Campaign yake kudzokera kuTennessee uye vaive ivo chete simba reConfederate rinoshanda kupikisa Shermans March to the SeakuSavannah. Zvisinei, kuramba kwaakaita Sherman hakuna kunyaradza vanhuwo zvavo vokuGeorgia, uye kusaruramisira kwaaiita kwakakonzera kusagutsikana kukuru. Robert Toombs akanokorwa mashoko achiti, Ndinokumbira kuna Mwari kuti arege kuzombodzokera kuGeorgia. Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill akanyora kuti Georgia yose izere nokunyunyuta kwakakasharara kwevarwi vamabhiza aWheeler. 