<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Phakathi naleso sikhathi, uSherman wasuka eChattanooga waya e-Atlanta, ehlula ojenene be-Confederate uJoseph E. Johnston noJohn Bell Hood endleleni. Umkhandlu  <response>: Ukuwa kwe-Atlanta ngo-September 2, 1864, kwaqinisekisa ukukhethwa kabusha kukaLincoln njengomongameli. UHood washiya indawo yase-Atlanta ukuze azungeze futhi asongele imigqa yokuhlinzeka kaSherman futhi ahlasele iTennessee eMkhankasweni waseFranklin-Nashville. UMajor General John Schofield wase-Union wanqoba uHood eMpini yaseFranklin, kanti uGeorge H. Thomas wanqoba kakhulu uHood eMpini yaseNashville, ebulala ibutho likaHood. 