<prompt> Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi waJuly 17, 1864, nguva pfupi hondo yePeachtree Creek isati yaitika musi waJuly 20, 1864, Mutungamiri weConfederate Jefferson Davis akatsiva General Joseph E. Johnston semutungamiri weArmy of Tennessee achidzivirira Atlanta neLieutenant General ane utsinye, General wenguva pfupi, John Bell Hood. Musi waChikunguru 22, 1864, Hood akarayira Lieutenant General Hardee kuti aende kunorwisa divi rekuruboshwe reUnion Army kumabvazuva kweAtlanta kuitira kurwisa kushamisika apo Major General Cheatham, panguva iyoyo aive achitungamira Hood aimbova mauto, aifanira kuita kurwisa kwekutyisa pamberi pesimba reUnion uye mutungamiriri wevatasvi vemabhiza, Major General Joseph Wheeler, aizorwisa mutsara wavo wekupa. Hondo yeAtlanta  <response>: Kurwisana kwakatangira kumabvazuva uye kumaodzanyemba kweguta uye pedyo nemitsetse yeUnion yekugovera kumabvazuva kuDecatur, Georgia, kwakatevera. Mukati mezuva rakaoma rokurwa pashure pekufamba kweusiku kuti vapinde munzvimbo, varume vaHardee vakabudirira kudzosera kumashure divi rekuruboshwe reMubatanidzwa uye kudzorera mamwe mabhokisi akanga avakwa neConfederates kare. Major General weUnion James B. McPherson, akaurayiwa muhondo iyi, akafanoona kuti maConfederate aizoenda kunorwisa kumucheto kweflank yake, akaumbazve mutsara wake ndokutumira vashandi kune rimwe divi. 