<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: UJohnson wabhalisela ebuthweni le-Union Army eneminyaka engu-15. Waqale wabhaliswa eNkampani H ye43rd Ohio Infantry Regiment. I-regiment yanikezwa umyalo we-XVI Corps e-Fourth Division, kodwa entwasahlobo ka-1864, uJohnson wadluliselwa e-First Division ye-XVII Corps. Lapho, wakhonza ngaphansi kukaJenene John W. Sprague. NgoMeyi 1, 1864, ibutho likaJohnson lahlangana nebutho likaGeneral William Tecumseh Sherman eChattanooga. Impi yokuqala uJohnson abamba iqhaza kuyo lapho ayebhekene khona nomlilo kwakuyi- Battle of Decatur. UJohnson wathola isilonda esincane emlenzeni, ngenhla kwejoyini lamadolo ngakwesobunxele, eMpini yaseResaca. UJohnson wayesahlanganyela ezimpini zesikhathi esizayo, njengeMpi yaseDallas, iMpi yaseKennesaw Mountain, kanye neMpi yasePeachtree Creek. Ngemva kokuthi  <response>: Ukuwa kwe-Atlanta, uJohnson wasebenza njengomphathi kaJenene Sprague, isikhundla akhonza kuso waze wakhululwa ekupheleni kwempi. Ngemva kwempi, uJohnson wabuyela eLorain County, e-Ohio. 