 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna May 1864, Mukuru Mukuru weUnion Jefferson C. Davis, achitungamirirwa naMajor General William Tecumseh Sherman, akarwisa ndokutora Roma apo vadziviriri veConfederate vakanga vakundwa vakadzokera pasi paMajor General Samuel Gibbs French. Mukuru mukuru weUnion William Vandever akanga akagara muRoma, uye anoratidzwa nevashandi vake mumufananidzo wakatorwa ikoko. Nemhaka yenhare dzeRoma nemabasa esimbi, ayo aisanganisira kugadzirwa kwezvombo, Roma yakanga iri chinangwa chinokosha chechiuto. Mauto aDavis akatora Roma kwemwedzi inoverengeka, achigadzira nhare dzakanga dzaparadzwa uye achigovera General Sherman pokugara kwenguva pfupi. Musi waNovember 11, 1864, maererano neShermans Special Field Orders, No. 120, mauto eUnion akaparadza nhare dzeRoma, simbi dzesimbi, njanji yekuenda kuKingston, uye zvimwe zvinhu zvese zvaigona kubatsira kuhondo yeSouth pavakasiya Roma kuti vatore chikamu muShermans March to the Sea. 