 Gore iroro, Maj. Gen. John A. Schofield, mukuru mukuru wehurumende, akataura kuti nzvimbo itsva iyi itumidzwe zita rokuremekedza Maj. Gen. James Birdseye McPherson. Mukati meHondo yeVanhu, McPherson akapinda muHondo yeJacksonuye Vicksburg kuwana kukwidziridzwa kuva brigadier general. Muna 1864 akanga ari mutungamiri weimwe yemauto matatu pasi peMajor General William T. Shermans Military Division yeMississippi. Akaurayiwa paaiita basa rokuongorora panguva yeHondo yeAtlanta musi waJuly 22, 1864. Ndiye mukuru-wepamusoro-soro akaurawa nebasa munhau yeUnited States, Aitungamirira Hondo yeUnion yeTennessee. US Army Engineers yakavaka chiyeuchidzo kwaari panzvimbo yaakaurawa muna 1888, muEast Atlanta uye inochengetwa nanhasi neVanakomana veVeterans Union yeAmerican Civil War, SUVCW. 