Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's raid at Johnsonville destroyed thirty-three vessels and millions of dollars worth of supplies and took 150 prisoners, prompting the depot commander, expecting another attack, to wire Nashville that his officers and crew had been ordered to the fort and that Johnsonville could only be saved by a large force and iron-clads. Gen. George H. Thomas responded by diverting an entire army corps, some 15,000 men, to Johnsonville, but by the time they arrived Forrest was long gone and only the smoldering remains of the depot remained. Although the raid was spectacular and innovative and added to Forrest's legend, it had little effect on Gen. Sherman's plans to move deeper into Georgia or on the final outcome of the war. A few weeks after the battle, the depot was receiving and shipping supplies as usual, and five days after Forrest attacked Johnsonville, Gen. Sherman cut his supply line, destroyed the depot and tracks in Atlanta, and marched to the sea while taking what his army needed from the people of Georgia.