<prompt> Ngwala go tšwela pele bakeng sa serapa se - Ka July 17, 1864, pejana ga Ntwa ya Peachtree Creek ka July 20, 1864, Mopresidente wa Lekgotla la Confederate Jefferson Davis o ile a tšeela General Joseph E. Johnston legato e le molaodi wa Madira a Tennessee ao a bego a šireletša Atlanta ka Lefotenente-Kakaretšo yo bogale, e lego Jenerale wa nakwana, John Bell Hood. Ka July 22, 1864, Hood o laetše Lieutenant General Hardee go sepela go dikologa lehlakore la ka go le letshadi la Union Army ka bohlabela bja Atlanta bakeng sa tlhaselo ya go makatša mola Major General Cheatham, ka nako yeo a le taolong ya Hood ya peleng ya mašole, e be e tla dira tlhaselo ya go šitiša ka pele ga mašole a Union le molaodi wa mašole a go namela dipere, Major General Joseph Wheeler, o be a tla hlasela mola wa bona wa go aba. Ntwa ya Atlanta  <response>: Ntwa e ile ya tšwela pele ka bohlabela le ka borwa bja motse le kgaufsi le methaladi ya ditlabakelo tša Union ka bohlabela kua Decatur, Georgia. Nakong ya letšatši le thata la go lwa ka morago ga mosepelo wa bošego go ya boemong bja bona, banna ba Hardee ba ile ba atlega go koba lehlakore la ka go le letshadi la Union gomme ba tšea gape dibo tšeo di bego di agilwe ke ma-Confederate pejana. Major General wa Union James B. McPherson, yo a bolailwego nakong ya ntwa, o ile a letela mosepelo wa Confederate kgahlanong le karolo ya ka thoko ya lehlakore la gagwe, a bopa lefsa molokeloke wa gagwe gomme a romela madira a go matlafatša go lehlakore. 