<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - NgoJuly 17, 1864, ngaphambi nje kweMpi yasePeachtree Creek ngoJuly 20, 1864, uMongameli we-Confederate uJefferson Davis wathatha isikhundla sikaJenene Joseph E. Johnston njengomphathi weButho laseTennessee elivikela i-Atlanta ngoLieutenant General onolaka, uGeneral wesikhashana, uJohn Bell Hood. NgoJulayi 22, 1864, uHood wayala uLieutenant General Hardee ukuthi azungeze uhlangothi lwesobunxele lwe-Union Army empumalanga ye-Atlanta ukuze ahlasele ngokuzumayo ngenkathi uMajor General Cheatham, ngaleso sikhathi owayephethe i-Hoods former corps, kwakufanele enze ukuhlaselwa okuphambukisayo ngaphambili kwebutho le-Union kanye nomlawuli webutho labagibeli, uMajor General uJoseph Wheeler, wayezohlasela umugqa wabo wokuhlinzeka. Impi Yase-Atlanta  <response>: , balwa empumalanga naseningizimu yedolobha futhi eduze kwemigqa yokuhlinzekwa kwe-Union empumalanga eDecatur, eGeorgia, kulandela. Phakathi nosuku olunzima lokulwa ngemuva kokuhamba ebusuku ukuze bafike endaweni yabo, amadoda kaHardee aphumelela ukugoba uhlangothi lwesobunxele lweNhlangano futhi aphinde athathe ezinye izifuba ezazakhiwe yi-Confederates phambilini. UMajor General wase-Union uJames B. McPherson, owabulawa ngesikhathi kulwiwa, walindela ukuthi i-Confederate izosebenza ngokumelene nomphetho we-flank yakhe, waphinde wakha umugqa wakhe futhi wathumela ukuqiniswa kwe-flank. 