I read recently that Hood's army camped near Cedartown, Georgia -- my mother's home town -- before He swooped off to do the same to Ohio.
But he met Thomas instead.
Nothing Hood did after he left the Atlanta, and little prior, would have met with Sun Tzu's approval.
Walt
...and we all know, Walt's got his "Art of War" copy on the rack by the toilet right next to "Battle Cry of Freedom."