 Hardee akavandudza kushora kwake kushanda pasi paBragg uye akabatana neboka revakuru vakuru avo pakupedzisira vakanyengetedza Mutungamiri weConfederate Jefferson Davis kuti abvise Bragg. Hardee akapiwa hurumende yenguva pfupi yeHondo yeTennessee Joseph E. Johnston asati atora hurumende paDalton, Georgia. Muna February 1864, Johnston akarayirwa neMutungamiri kuti atumire Hardee kuAlabama, kunosimbisa General Polk kurwisa General Shermans Meridian Campaign. Pashure pokunge Sherman adzorera kuVicksburg, Hardee akatumirwazve kuGeorgia, kwaakabatana neuto raJohnston muAtlanta Campaign. Sezvo Johnston akarwa hondo yekumanikidzira uye kudzokera shure achipesana naMajor General William T. Sherman, maConfederation pakupedzisira akarasikirwa nemoyo murefu naye uye akamutsiva neakaomarara Lieutenant General John Bell Hood. Hardee aisagona kutsungirira kudenha kwaHud kusina mufungo uye kuurawa kukuru. Pashure peHondo yeJonesboroMuna August naSeptember wegore iroro, akakumbira kutamiswa ndokuendeswa kunotungamirira Dhipatimendi reSouth Carolina, Georgia, neFlorida. Akapikisa Shermans March to the Sea sezvaaigona nesimba risina kukwana, pakupedzisira achibvisa Savannah, Georgia musi waDecember 20. Sezvo Sherman akatendeukira kuchamhembe muCarolinas Campaign, Hardee akapinda muHondo yeBentonville, North Carolina, munaKurume 1865, uko mwanakomana wake mumwe chete, Willie ane makore gumi nematanhatu, akakuvara zvakaipisisa pakurwisa kwevatasvi vemabhiza. Urongwa hwaJohnston hweBentonville hwaive hwokuti Hardee arwise rimwe remapapiro aSherman paAverasborough kuitira kuti Johnston agone kubata rimwe bapiro zvishoma nezvishoma. Urongwa hwacho hwakakundikana. Iye akazvipa pamwe naJohnston kuna Sherman musi waApril 26 paDurham Station. 