<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: USherman waqala umkhankaso wakhe wase-Atlanta ngo-May 4. I-Army of Tennessee kaJohnston yalwa izimpi zokuzivikela ngokumelene namaFederal lapho kusondela eDalton, eyasuswa ngoMeyi 13, yabe isibuyela emuva ngamamayela ayi-12 eningizimu kuya eResaca, futhi yakha izikhundla zokuzivikela. Nokho, ngemva kwesikhashana  <response>: Emuva kwempi, uJohnston waphinde wanikela kuSherman, futhi wasuka eResaca ngoMeyi 15. UJohnston wabutha amabutho e-Confederate ukuze ahlasele iCassville. Njengoba amabutho akhe ayeqhubekela phambili, kwavela isitha esingaziwa ukuthi sasinamandla kangakanani ngakwesokunene sakhe. Kwaqubuka impi, eyaphoqa umlawuli we-corps, uLt. Gen. John Bell Hood, ukuba amise ukuqhubekela phambili kwakhe futhi abeke kabusha amabutho akhe ukuze abhekane nosongo. Ebhekene nale ngozi engalindelekile, uJohnston wayeka ukuhlasela futhi wavuselela ukuhoxa kwakhe. NgoMeyi 20 baphinde babuyela emuva amakhilomitha angu-8 eningizimu baya eCartersville. Inyanga kaMeyi 1864 yaphela lapho amabutho kaSherman ezama ukusuka kulayini wawo wesitimela wokuphakela ngesinye isenzo sokuphenduka, kodwa abambeka ekuvikeleni okunzima kwamaConfederate eMpini yaseNew Hope Church ngoMeyi 25, eMpini yasePicketts Mill ngoMeyi 27, kanye neMpi yaseDallas ngoMeyi 28. 