Although in a way I can understand why, whoever put John B. Hood in charge of the Confederate forces made a grave error.
Not sure but I think that would have been President Davis.
Patrick Cleburn would have been a better choice (imho)
Mike
There was a brief correspondence between Hood and Sherman over the period of a few days prior to Sherman's moving on the city...it's pretty fascinating. In a nutshell, Sherman offered to assist in the evacuation of civilians and cautioned Hood against locating his guns and fighting positions in and among civilians.
Can't say he wasn't warned.
A sympathetic (post-Atlanta) anecdote regarding Sherman can be found at General Sherman's Georgia Romance.
Robert E Lee is said to have stated he (John bell Hood) had all of the lion and none of the fox
That would be Jefferson Davis.