<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ngo-July 17, 1864, ngaphambi nje kweMpi yasePeachtree Creek ngo-July 20, 1864, uMongameli wase-Confederate uJefferson Davis wathatha isikhundla sikaJenene Joseph E. Johnston njengomphathi we-Army of Tennessee evikela i-Atlanta ngo-Lieutenant General onolaka, u-General 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. Umkhandlu  <response>: Impi yase-Atlanta, yalwa empumalanga naseningizimu yedolobha futhi eduze kwemigqa yokuhlinzekwa kwe-Union empumalanga eDecatur, eGeorgia, yalandelwa. 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 kabusha umugqa wakhe futhi wathumela ukuqiniswa kwe-flank. 