<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Lapho uMajor General uJames B. McPherson ebulawa empini phakathi ne-Atlanta Campaign, kwavulwa umyalo weButho LaseTennessee, futhi lapho uHooker engawutholi wasula esikhundleni sakhe. UMaj. Gen. UWilliam T. Sherman wamisa uSlocum ukuba ahole i-XX Corps, eyayisanda kwakhiwa ngokuhlanganisa i-XI Corps ne-XII Corps ibe ngumyalo owodwa. Ababeyibutho lakhe i - XII Corps bahalalisela ukubuya komlawuli wabo wangaphambili. Lapho i-Atlanta  <response>: ngo-September 2, 1864, uGeneral Slocum nebutho lakhe baba ngabokuqala ukungena edolobheni. 