ed ▁at ▁Kol b ' s ▁Farm ▁on ▁June ▁ 2 2 , ▁followed ▁by ▁Sh erman ' s ▁first ▁( and ▁only ) ▁attempt ▁at ▁a ▁massive ▁front al ▁assault ▁in ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁K ennes aw ▁Mountain ▁on ▁June ▁ 2 7 , ▁which ▁John ston ▁strongly ▁rep uls ed . ▁However , ▁by ▁this ▁time ▁Federal ▁forces ▁were ▁within ▁ 1 7 ▁miles ▁of ▁Atlanta , ▁threaten ing ▁the ▁city ▁from ▁the ▁west ▁and ▁north . ▁John ston ▁had ▁yield ed ▁over ▁ 1 1 0 ▁miles ▁of ▁mountain ous , ▁and ▁thus ▁more ▁easily ▁def ens ible , ▁territory ▁in ▁just ▁two ▁months , ▁while ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁government ▁became ▁increasing ly ▁fr ustr ated ▁and ▁al ar med . ▁When ▁John ston ▁retre ated ▁across ▁the ▁Ch att ahoo che e ▁River , ▁the ▁final ▁major ▁bar rier ▁before ▁Atlanta , ▁President ▁Davis ▁lost ▁his ▁p atience . ▁ ▁In ▁early ▁July , ▁Davis ▁sent ▁Gen . ▁Bra xt on ▁B rag g ▁to ▁Atlanta ▁to ▁assess ▁the ▁situation . ▁After ▁several ▁meet ings ▁with ▁local ▁civil ian ▁leaders ▁and ▁John ston ' s ▁sub ordinates , ▁B rag g ▁returned ▁to ▁Richmond ▁and ▁ur ged ▁President ▁Davis ▁to ▁replace ▁John ston . ▁Davis ▁removed ▁John ston ▁from ▁command ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 8 6 4 , ▁just ▁outside ▁Atlanta . ▁" The ▁fate ▁of ▁Atlanta , ▁from ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁stand point , ▁was ▁all ▁but ▁decided ▁by ▁John ston ." ▁His ▁replacement