<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UJohnson wajoyina i-Union Army eneminyaka engu-15. Waqale wabhaliswa eNkampani H ye-43rd 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 kwesokunxele, eMpini yaseResaca  <response>: . futhi. UJohnson wayesahlanganyela ezimpini zesikhathi esizayo, njengeMpi yaseDallas, iMpi yaseKennesaw Mountain, kanye neMpi yasePeachtree Creek. Ngemuva kokuwa kwe-Atlanta, uJohnson wasebenza njengomphathi weGeneral Sprague, isikhundla akhonza kuso waze wakhululwa ekupheleni kwempi. Ngemva kwempi, uJohnson wabuyela eLorain County, e-Ohio. 