Howard’s Army of the Tennessee, three corps that had fought east of Atlanta on July 22, shifted to this area west of the city on July 27 and 28, 1864. Dodge’s 16th and Blair’s 17th Army Corps aligned along Chapel Road, which in 1864 led southwest directly to Ezra Church (Mozley Park), where the line was prolonged westward by the 15th Corps. This shift of Federal forces was a thrust at the two railroads entering the city from the southwest at East Point. After the Battle of Ezra Church on July 28, siege operations were pushed east toward Atlanta by these troops together with the 14th and 23d Corps, which prolonged the line south to the Campbellton Road.